Monday, January 9, 2017

STUDY GUIDE FOR ELA MID-TERM EXAMS FOR 2nd, 3rd, AND 4th GRADES

FOURTH GRADE ELA STUDY GUIDE

MODULE 1A

VOCABULARY:  caption, glossary, time line, Haudenosaunee, alliance, lacrosse, ancestor, reservation, unprecedented, preserve, reputation, event, griot, culture, clan, tribe, culture, tradition, quilt, huppa, lei, Sabbath, embroidery, poverty, simile, metaphor

GRAMMAR:
fragment/sentence/run on GW p. 32
declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory sentences GW p. 8
simple/compound/complex sentences GW pp. 24, 28
coordinating/subordinating conjunctions GW pp. 24, 28
abstract/concrete words GW p. 40

PHONICS:
distinguishing blends/digraphs PH p. 7

WRITING: Review quiz corrections and notes on the traditional life of the Iroquois based on The Iroquois: The Six Nations Confederacy


MODULE 2B

VOCABULARY:  problem, solution, rising action, camouflage, prickly, venom, warning colors, dialogue, narrative, transition words, edit, revise, source

GRAMMAR:
prepositions and prepositional phrases GW p. 152
sensory details (adjectives)  GW pp. 112-113
homophones GW 224
use of capitals, commas, and quotation marks in dialogue GW p. 220
use of capitalization and punctuation GW pp.234, 235

PHONICS:
different sounds for ear ow, ou, aw, s(z) PH pp. 21, 23

WRITING: Review quiz corrections on writing an informational paragraph versus a narrative on the animal you researched.




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THIRD GRADE  ELA STUDY GUIDE

MODULE  1

VOCABULARY: evidence, excerpt, gist, moral, prediction, motivation
cupboard, dusk, tremulously, periphery, proficient, access, demonstrate, challenge, mobile, obstacle, refurbished, destination, literacy, rummage, physical environment, rural / urban

multiple meaning words:brilliant (smart), long (desire), means (way), remote (far), program (booklet)

GRAMMAR:
fragment/sentence/run on GW pp. 8, 36
statements, questions, commands, exclamations   GW pp. 12, 16
simple/compound/complex sentences GW pp. 28, 32
coordinating/subordinating conjunctions  GW  pp. 28, 32

PHONICS:
initial s-blends and final blends  PH p. 55, 56
short and long vowels PH p. 43

WRITING:Review quiz corrections and notes on My Librarian Is a Camel.


MODULE  2B

VOCABULARY:  culture, generation, custom, entree, Tour de France, Mardi Gras, landform
parts of a letter: heading (date), greeting, body, closing, signature (name)

GRAMMAR:
forming past tense by doubling the final consonant or changing y to i GW p. 84
identifying adjectives  GW pp. 120, 121

PHONICS:
compound words  PH p. 61
different sounds for final y  PH p. 63

WRITING: Review quiz corrections on writing a letter to an author asking her to use information about the culture of the country you researched.


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SECOND GRADE ELA STUDY GUIDE

DOMAIN 1

VOCABULARY:  fairy tale (magic),  tall tale (exaggeration), moral (lesson)
displeased, hesitated, ignorant, inspect, enchanted, swindler, legendary, challenge, persuaded, inseparable, admiration, passenger

GRAMMAR:
synonyms (same meaning) / antonyms (opposite meaning) Voyages pp. 178, 184
prefixes: un-, dis-  Progress p. 130
fragment / sentence  Voyages  p. 8
telling, question, command, exclamation  Voyages pp. 18, 24

PHONICS:
 long vowel signals   PH p. 71

WRITING: Review quiz corrections on identifying magical parts in a fairy tale and exaggerated pars in a tall tale.


DOMAIN 4

VOCABULARY:  glimpse, spectator, foresight, hindsight, immortal, tending, securely, amusing, sanctuary, stern, convinced, sneered, labyrinth, flattered, unraveling, arachnid

GRAMMAR:
using correct capitalization   Voyages p. 9, 44
identifying parts of a letter and correct letter form  Voyages pp. 66, 67

PHONICS:
rhyming words   PH p. 148

WRITING: Review quiz corrections on explaining the myth of Prometheus and Pandora.



DOMAIN  6

VOCABULARY:  cycle, axis, thrive, hemisphere, equator, stage, rotation, revolution, reproduce, tilt, germination, decomposer, protective, dependent, piney smell

GRAMMAR:
recognizing adjectives   Voyages p. 122
recognizing adverbs       Voyages  p. 97

PHONICS:
consonant blends  PH  p. 90

WRITING: Review quiz corrections on describing the life cycle of a frog using time order words.