GRADE 4 MIDTERM REVIEW
1. Vocabulary Words: know the meaning of the vocabulary words from the following stories:
A. Because of Winn Dixie
B. Lewis, Clark and Me
C. Grandfather's Journey
D. The Horned Toad Prince
E. Letters Home from Yosemite
F. What Jo Did
G. Coyote School News
H. Grace and the Time Machine
The definition of the words can be found in your child's Reading Notebook listed under the name of the story. It would be a good idea to review The Reading Practice Book pgs. 1-80. This book lists all 8 stories and defines the vocabulary words. It also gives practice with the different reading skills.
The children should also know the meaning of synonym, antonym, homophone, homograph, multiple meaning word, prefix, suffix, root word, syllable. The meanings can all be found in the Reading NB and Practice Book.
WEEKLY VOCABULARY WORDS FROM THE VOCABULARY NB FROM SEPT. 09- DEC.09 SHOULD ALSO BE REVIEWED FOR THE MIDTERM EXAM.
LANGUAGE ARTS MIDTERM EXAM- the following pages can be found in the Voyages Textbook pgs. 314-345 (grammar).
Sentences:
Declarative- (statement) I went to the store.
Interrogative- (question) Can you read quickly?
Imperative- (commands or requests) Put the book down.
Exclamatory- (exclamations) It is freezing in here!
Subjects and Predicates – complete and simple subjects and complete
and simple predicate; compound subjects and compound predicates.
The little girl went to the park.
Complete Subject- The little girl
Simple Subject- girl
Complete Predicate- went to the park
Simple Predicate- went
Compound Subjects and Predicates- a compound subject has two or more simple subjects connected by and or or. A compound predicate has two or more simple predicates connected with and or or.
eg. My mom and I went to the store. Compound Subject
The children were drawing and painting. Compound Predicate
Direct Objects- is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb.
eg. The Hudson River divides the two states. (states is the direct object).
Subject Complement- follows a linking verb (am, is, are, was, were, has, have). It is usually a noun or an adjective that tells more about the subject.
eg. The storm was a tornado. (tornado is the subject complement)
Compound Sentence- When two short sentences are related to one another, they can be combined by the words and, but, or or. A comma is added before these words.
eg. Lightning flashed. Thunder boomed. (two short sentences that are related)
Lightning flashed, and thunder boomed. (compound sentence)
Run-on Sentence- when two sentences are combined but not connected correctly. It usually occurs when two sentences are separated by only a comma and no connectors (and, but, or).
eg. I went to the store, I bought milk. (run-on sentence)
I went to the store, and I bought milk. (correct)
Noun: is a word that names a person (girl), place (school), or a thing (ball).
Common noun: names any person, place, or thing.
Proper noun: names a particular person, place, or thing. Each proper noun begins with a capital letter.
eg. teacher is a common noun; Ms. Larios is a proper noun.
Singular noun: names one person (boy), place (school), or thing (ball).
Plural noun: names more than one person, place, or thing.
Add –s or –es to make most nouns plural. For nouns that end in a consonant and y, change y to I and add –es. Add –es to nouns that end in s, ss, x, ch, or sh.
eg. boy-boys, girl-girls, box-boxes, glass-glasses, lunch-lunches, dish-dishes, bus-buses, party-parties, candy-candies, holiday-holidays
Irregular plural noun- The plurals of some nouns are not formed by adding –s or –es to the singular noun. These are irregular plural nouns. These should be memorized because they do not follow any rules.
eg. ox-oxen, child-children, tooth-teeth, foot-feet, mouse-mice, woman-women, goose-geese, wolf-wolves, wife-wives, leaf-leaves, wife-wives.
Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms:
sheep-sheep, deer-deer, fish-fish, series-series, moose-moose,Chinese-Chinese.
SPELLING: the words can be found in the Word Study and Spelling Book pgs. 1-32. The words are listed under the names of the 8 Reading Stories from above (A-H).
