Reading Skill:
Author’s Purpose and Perspective
Genre:
Expository Non-Fiction (gives information about a topic)
Grammar Skill:
Clauses and Phrases; Complex Sentences
Writing Skill:
Story writing
Spelling Skill: Words with VCCCV
Monday, October 11, 2010
4th Grade ELA Study Guide --- Lesson 9
MAIN STORY: “Weaving a California Tradition”
By Linda Yamane
2nd STORY: “Wonder Weaver”
By Ellen Holtzen
By Linda Yamane
2nd STORY: “Wonder Weaver”
By Ellen Holtzen
Friday, October 8, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Character Parade
This year on Oct. 29 we will be having the annual Character Parade!! This will be a time for you use your imagination to create a great character costume. At the bottom of the page is a rubric on how this will be assessed. The main part is to have fun and be creative.
A rubric went home today.
If you choose not to participate in the Character Parade you will compose a character sketch for one of the characters in the book you are reading. A character sketch highlights several important characteristics or personality traits of a person. A good character sketch provides support detail for each identified trait. Directions: Use the graphic organizer on the sheet to organize your ideas about the personality traits of a fictional or real person. Then, write a character sketch of that person. You may use the character sketch format on that page, but are not required to do so. Through your word choice and sentence structure, you will also create a tone that fits your character’s personality. Use the check list on that page as well as the scoring rubric to guide your writing.
Your final copy is due October 29, 2010. (Only if you choose not to participate in the Character Parade.)
A rubric went home today.
If you choose not to participate in the Character Parade you will compose a character sketch for one of the characters in the book you are reading. A character sketch highlights several important characteristics or personality traits of a person. A good character sketch provides support detail for each identified trait. Directions: Use the graphic organizer on the sheet to organize your ideas about the personality traits of a fictional or real person. Then, write a character sketch of that person. You may use the character sketch format on that page, but are not required to do so. Through your word choice and sentence structure, you will also create a tone that fits your character’s personality. Use the check list on that page as well as the scoring rubric to guide your writing.
Your final copy is due October 29, 2010. (Only if you choose not to participate in the Character Parade.)
Language Arts Study Guide and Test Preparation!!
Review Test Friday!!
Types of Sentences—
Declarative - A declarative sentence makes a statement. A declarative sentence ends with a period.
Example: The house will be built on a hill.
Interrogative - An interrogative sentence asks a question. An interrogative sentence ends with a question mark.
Example: How did you find the card?
Exclamatory - An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling. An exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark.
Example: The monster is attacking!
Imperative - An imperative sentence gives a command.
Example: Cheryl, try the other door.
Sometimes the subject of an imperative sentence (you) is understood.
Example: Look in the closet. (You, look in the closet.)
Subjects and Predicates—Every sentence has a subject and predicate.
The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about.
Example: The house, The car, or The teacher.
The predicate tells what the subject is or does.
Example: (The house) is white, (The car) is blue, or (The teacher) likes students.
Compound Subjects—A Compound Subject is a subject with two or more nouns or pronouns joined by the word and or another conjunction. Compound subjects share the same predicate.
Example:
Her shoes were covered with mud. Her ankles were covered with mud, too.
Her shoes and ankles were covered with mud.
'Her shoes and ankles' is the compound subject.
The predicate in both the sentences is 'were covered with mud.'
Compound Predicates—A Compound Predicate is a predicate with two or more verbs joined by the word and or another conjunction. Compound predicates share the same subject.
Example:
Jan jumped on her bike. Jan rode around the block.
Jan jumped on her bike and rode around the block.
The compound predicate is 'jumped on her bike and rode around the block.' The subject in both the sentences is Jan.
Compound Subjects and Predicates—Compound Subjects and Predicates—
Compound Subject and Compound Predicate: A sentence can have a compound subject and a compound predicate.
Example:
Sue and Maria went to the mall and shopped for an hour.
Compound Sentences—A compound sentence structure shows that two thoughts are connected and of equal mportance:
Jenny hid the hen, and Benny tried (unsuccessfully) to hide the cow.
Max maintained that the database needed restructuring, but Laura disagreed.
Remember these four important characteristics of compound sentences:
1. A compound sentence is like a set of twins; each is a separate person, yet each is connected to the other with the same "make-up." That is, each has a subject, a verb, and words to complete the thought. Although they are joined by a linking word, each sentence of the compound is complete in itself and can stand alone.
2. The two parts of the compound sentence need to be linked correctly, with a comma and then a conjunction at the place where one sentence ends and the other begins.
3. Because there are two complete sentences in a compound sentence, each has equal weight in terms of the ideas being presented. That is, you may want to link sentences into a compound to show that their ideas are equally important.
4. The conjunction shows the relationship between the ideas:
and = the 2nd sentence contains the same type of idea
but = the 2nd sentence contains an equal but opposite idea
or = the 2nd sentence contains an equal choice
so = the 2nd sentence contains an equally important outcome or result
You will have a review test on Friday. Here are the questions. Come to school prepared.
1. Write a declarative sentence.
2. Write an interrogative sentence.
3. Write an imperative sentence.
4. Write an exclamatory sentence.
5. Write an exclamatory sentence with an interjection.
6. Write a sentence and circle the subject and underline the predicate.
7. Write a sentence and circle the subject and underline the predicate.
8. Write a sentence with a compound subject.
9. Write a sentence with a compound subject.
10. Write a sentence with a compound predicate.
11. Write a sentence with a compound predicate.
12. Write a sentence with a compound subject and a compound predicate.
13. 14. 15. Write three compound sentences with different conjunctions.
Types of Sentences—
Declarative - A declarative sentence makes a statement. A declarative sentence ends with a period.
Example: The house will be built on a hill.
Interrogative - An interrogative sentence asks a question. An interrogative sentence ends with a question mark.
Example: How did you find the card?
Exclamatory - An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling. An exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark.
Example: The monster is attacking!
Imperative - An imperative sentence gives a command.
Example: Cheryl, try the other door.
Sometimes the subject of an imperative sentence (you) is understood.
Example: Look in the closet. (You, look in the closet.)
Subjects and Predicates—Every sentence has a subject and predicate.
The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about.
Example: The house, The car, or The teacher.
The predicate tells what the subject is or does.
Example: (The house) is white, (The car) is blue, or (The teacher) likes students.
Compound Subjects—A Compound Subject is a subject with two or more nouns or pronouns joined by the word and or another conjunction. Compound subjects share the same predicate.
Example:
Her shoes were covered with mud. Her ankles were covered with mud, too.
Her shoes and ankles were covered with mud.
'Her shoes and ankles' is the compound subject.
The predicate in both the sentences is 'were covered with mud.'
Compound Predicates—A Compound Predicate is a predicate with two or more verbs joined by the word and or another conjunction. Compound predicates share the same subject.
Example:
Jan jumped on her bike. Jan rode around the block.
Jan jumped on her bike and rode around the block.
The compound predicate is 'jumped on her bike and rode around the block.' The subject in both the sentences is Jan.
Compound Subjects and Predicates—Compound Subjects and Predicates—
Compound Subject and Compound Predicate: A sentence can have a compound subject and a compound predicate.
Example:
Sue and Maria went to the mall and shopped for an hour.
Compound Sentences—A compound sentence structure shows that two thoughts are connected and of equal mportance:
Jenny hid the hen, and Benny tried (unsuccessfully) to hide the cow.
Max maintained that the database needed restructuring, but Laura disagreed.
Remember these four important characteristics of compound sentences:
1. A compound sentence is like a set of twins; each is a separate person, yet each is connected to the other with the same "make-up." That is, each has a subject, a verb, and words to complete the thought. Although they are joined by a linking word, each sentence of the compound is complete in itself and can stand alone.
2. The two parts of the compound sentence need to be linked correctly, with a comma and then a conjunction at the place where one sentence ends and the other begins.
3. Because there are two complete sentences in a compound sentence, each has equal weight in terms of the ideas being presented. That is, you may want to link sentences into a compound to show that their ideas are equally important.
4. The conjunction shows the relationship between the ideas:
and = the 2nd sentence contains the same type of idea
but = the 2nd sentence contains an equal but opposite idea
or = the 2nd sentence contains an equal choice
so = the 2nd sentence contains an equally important outcome or result
You will have a review test on Friday. Here are the questions. Come to school prepared.
1. Write a declarative sentence.
2. Write an interrogative sentence.
3. Write an imperative sentence.
4. Write an exclamatory sentence.
5. Write an exclamatory sentence with an interjection.
6. Write a sentence and circle the subject and underline the predicate.
7. Write a sentence and circle the subject and underline the predicate.
8. Write a sentence with a compound subject.
9. Write a sentence with a compound subject.
10. Write a sentence with a compound predicate.
11. Write a sentence with a compound predicate.
12. Write a sentence with a compound subject and a compound predicate.
13. 14. 15. Write three compound sentences with different conjunctions.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Vocabulary
slick – If something is slick, it is presented in an attractive way.
nimble – If someone is nimble, he or she moves quickly, lightly, and
easily.
impressed – To be impressed with someone means to admire that
person.
cease – If you cease to do something, you stop doing it.
exist – When something exists, it is a real thing that is present in the
world.
fierce – A fierce person or animal is angry, violent, or ready to attack.
nimble – If someone is nimble, he or she moves quickly, lightly, and
easily.
impressed – To be impressed with someone means to admire that
person.
cease – If you cease to do something, you stop doing it.
exist – When something exists, it is a real thing that is present in the
world.
fierce – A fierce person or animal is angry, violent, or ready to attack.
Spelling Words
history, number, hunger, company, window,
welcome, blanket, perhaps, service, subject, thunder, furnish, jersey,
mother, secret, harvest, winter, problem, chapter, nurses
Challenge Words: terminals, costumes, curtail, version, tonsils
welcome, blanket, perhaps, service, subject, thunder, furnish, jersey,
mother, secret, harvest, winter, problem, chapter, nurses
Challenge Words: terminals, costumes, curtail, version, tonsils
This Week in Reading..
Reading Skill:
Author’s Purpose and Perspective
Genre:
Play
Grammar Skill:
Review
Spelling Skill: Words with VCCV: Different Medial Consonants
Author’s Purpose and Perspective
Genre:
Play
Grammar Skill:
Review
Spelling Skill: Words with VCCV: Different Medial Consonants
Lesson 8
MAIN STORY: “Three Little Cyberpigs”
By Jane Tesh
2nd STORY: “The Three Little Pigs Revisited”
By Kik Heong McNaughton
By Jane Tesh
2nd STORY: “The Three Little Pigs Revisited”
By Kik Heong McNaughton
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
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