REMINDERS:
1. Please remember to cover all soft-covered books. Some children have not covered any and there are no extra copies if they rip.
5. Web site to download past ELA EXAMS
http://www.nysedregents.org/Grade4/EnglishLanguageArts/home.html
(please have your children practice past tests to review for the exam on April 26, 27, &28.
6. The ELA State Exam will be given this week on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Your child should have #2 pencils with clean erasers. He/she should get a good night’s rest and eat something for breakfast in order to concentrate.
Vocabulary Test- Friday, 4/30
Spelling Test- Thursday, 5/6
Book Test- Thursday, 5/13
VOCABULARY:
1. yield- (v) to surrender, concede; to give in to physical force
2. zilch- (n) nothing; zero
3. abhor- (v) to hate or detest
4. banquet- (n) a feast; a formal dinner
5. café- (n) a small restaurant, nightclub, etc.
2. Reading Vocabulary Words from Eye of the Storm: (definitions will be written in the Reading NB)
ditch, shelter, unpredictable, destruction, expected, forecasts, inland, shatter, surge, potential, withstand, wreckage
SPELLING- from the Eye of the Storm- compound words
watermelon, homemade, understand, sometimes, shoelace, highway, upstairs, thunderstorm, shortcut, doorbell, jellyfish, touchdown, campfire, skateboard, anyway, fireworks, haircut, loudspeaker, laptop, flashlight
LANGUAGE ARTS: 2nd Semester Work
Composition:
The children will be working on How- to Articles (Chapter 4 in Voyages Text pg. 120).
Grammar and Mechanics: (Voyages pgs. 338-360)
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:
Singular Possessive Nouns- A possessive noun shows possession or ownership. A singular possessive noun shows that one person or thing owns something. To form the singular possessive, add an apostrophe and the letter s (-‘s) to a singular noun.
eg. Maria’s bookbag is heavy. (Maria’s bookbag means the bookbag belongs to Maria)
The car’s tire was flat. (Car’s tire means that the tire belongs to the car)
Plural Possessive Nouns- A plural possessive shows that more than one person or thing owns something. To form the plural possessive of regular nouns, add an apostrophe (‘) after the –s of the plural form. Remember to form the plural of a regular noun before adding the apostrophe.
eg. boy (singular), boys (plural), boy’s (singular possessive), boys’ (plural possessive)
baby (singular), babies (plural), baby’s (singular possessive), babies’ (plural possessive).
man (singular), men (plural), man’s (singular possessive), men’s (plural possessive)
ox (singular), oxen (plural), ox’s (singular possessive), oxen’s (plural possessive)
Nouns as Subjects- a noun may be used as a simple subject of a sentence. The subject tells what the sentence is about. It tells who or what is or does something.
eg. The sea can be rough. Sea is the noun that tells what can be rough (simple subject).
Nouns as Direct Objects- a noun may be used as the direct object of a sentence. The direct object tells who or what receives the action of the verb.
eg. The Egyptians built pyramids. The Egyptians built what? The noun pyramids is the direct object of the sentence. It tells what the Egyptians built.
Nouns as Subject Complements- a subject complement gives information about the subject. It follows a linking verb such as the verb be and its various forms (am, is, are, was, were).A noun used as a subject complement renames the subject.
eg. Stuart Little is a mouse. Mouse is used as a subject complement because it follows the linking verb is and renames the subject of the sentence (Stuart Little).
Pronouns- personal pronouns are words that take the place of a noun. They refer to the person speaking; the person spoken to; or the person, place, or thing spoken about. They are first person, second person, or third person. (Voyages pgs. 362-384)
List of personal pronouns:
I he she we it you
me her him us its yours
mine hers his ours
First Person (singular) I, me, mine (plural) we, us, ours
Second Person (singular) you, yours (plural) you, yours
Third Person (singular) he, him, his (plural) they, them, theirs
she, her, hers, it, its
Subject Pronoun-is a pronoun that is used as the subject of the sentence.
List of Subject Pronouns: Singular- I, you, he, she, it; Plural- we, you, they
eg. I dance. He dances. We dance.
Object Pronoun- is a pronoun that is used after an action verb in a sentence.
List of Object Pronouns: Singular- me, you, him, her, it; Plural- us, you, them
eg. The stars interest me. Me is the object of the sentence. It comes after the action verb interest. Therefore, me is an object pronoun.
Possessive Pronouns: shows ownership or possession. Possessive pronouns stand alone. See pg. 374 in Voyages text.
Eg. The snake is Anna’s. (possessive noun)
The snake is hers. (possessive pronoun)
I, Me, We, and Us- are first person pronouns and refer to the speaker. Use I and me to talk about yourself. Use I as the subject of the sentence and me after the verb as the direct object.
Use we and us to talk about yourself and at least one other person. Use we as the subject of a sentence and use us after the verb as a direct object.nd m
Eg. I play sports. I is the subject.
Sports interest me. Me is the direct object.
We like sports. We is the subject.
Sports interest us. Us is the direct object.
Possessive Adjectives: show who owns something. A possessive adjective goes before a noun. It does not stand alone. (Voyages, p.376)
List of Possessive Adjectives:
1st person my (singular) our (plural)
2nd person your (singular) your (plural)
3rd person his, her, its (singular) their (plural)
Eg. My bicycle is fast.
Her pants are ripped.
Their car has two seats.
Contractions: personal pronouns that are joined with some verbs (Voyages, p. 382)
I’m- I am I’ve- I have
you’re- you are you’ve- you have
he’s- he is she’s- she is or she has
it’s- it is or it has we’re- we are
we’ve- we have they’re- they are
they’ve- they have
HOMEWORK: Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.
MONDAY: Aim Higher- pg. 266 Write the answer to question 31 on looseleaf. Use the graphic organizer that you made in class to write the essay. This should be 3 paragraphs and will be due on Wednesday.
TUESDAY: none
WEDNESDAY: Voyages- pg. 132 Act. C 1-12 Write out Sentences with Ans in Language Arts NB.
THURSDAY: Study for the Vocabulary Test (words are in the Vocabulary NB).
FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes a day on the weekend. You can read any book, magazine, or your assigned book.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
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