1. Study the Corrections in All Ten DOL Sentences

Grammar Study Guide Week 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

1. Study the corrections in all ten DOL sentences.

2. Fact/Opinion Fact- Statement that can be proven. Example- I am in the fourth grade. Opinion- Statement that someone believes to be true. Example: Cats are the best pets.

3. Prefixes/Suffixes- Prefixes- Word part that is added to the beginning of the word. Example: unhappy Suffixes- Word part that is added to the end of the word. Example: hopeless Prefixes and suffixes change the meaning of the word.

4. Exclamatory sentences-show great emotion and end with an exclamation point. Example: I can’t wait to go home!

5. Sources of Information- Atlas- Book of maps (street, world, country, continent) Thesaurus- Synonym book Encyclopedia- Book of general information about a subject. Dictionary- Where you can find the definition, part of speech, spelling of a word. Webpage or Website- Most current or updated information about a certain place or item. Almanac- Annual publication with information about a variety of things from that particular year. Grammar Study Guide Week 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

2. Compound Words Words that are made of 2 or more words used as one word. Some are written as a single word, some as two or more words, and some are written with hyphens. Example: grandfather, living room, make-believe

3. Homophones- Words that sound the same but differ in spelling and meaning. Example: to, too, two or knight, night . 4. Declarative sentences-A sentence that tells something…a statement. Ends with a period. Example: The cat has orange stripes.

6. Parts of a Book- Table of Contents- list of chapters, page numbers; not in ABC order. Glossary-Mini-Dictionary located at the back of a book. ABC order. Words are from that particular book. Index- List of topics from that particular book; ABC order; located at the back of the book. Title Page- located at the front of the book; lists the title, author and/or illustrator, publishing information. Preface/Appendix- The “extra” parts. Preface is found at the beginning; can carry a note from the author. Appendix is at the back; can carry all of the parts found in the back of the book.

Grammar Study Guide Week 3, 10, 17, 24, 31

2. Synonyms- Words that have nearly the same meaning. Example: large/huge or quick/fast

3. Nouns- Name of a person, place or thing. Common nouns name any person, place, or thing. Examples: dog, park, boy Proper nouns name a particular person, place or thing. Examples: Austin, Quail Run, Susie

4. Interrogative sentences-A sentence that asks something—a question. It ends with a question mark. (?) Example: Have you fastened your seatbelt?

5. Preposition- is a word that indicates the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence; usually will will show direction. Examples: above, under, over, across, along, around, before, behind, beneath, between, onto, underneath, through, near. Our dog hides under the porch when it rains. Grammar Study Guide Week 4, 11, 18, 25, 32

2. Antonyms- Words that have opposite meanings. Example: dark/light or stop/start

3. Verb- A word that can show action. Also called a predicate. Example: dig, run, tell

4. Imperative sentences-A sentence that tells someone to do something…very bossy; a command. It ends with a period. Example: Jim, take the dog for a walk.

5. Prepositional Phrase- Begins with a preposition, and it will end end with a noun or pronoun. It can also end with a modifier, then the noun or pronoun. Example: The dog hides under the porch when it rains. Grammar Study Guide Week 5, 12, 19, 26, 33

2. Adjective-A word that describes or gives more information about a noun. It may tell what kind or how many. It often comes before the noun it describes. Example: Two dogs played in the yard. We have a large, friendly dog.

3. Simple subject- The main word or name that tells exactly whom or what the sentence is about. A simple subject has one main word. Example: Diane plays on the soccer team. The dog is in the yard.

4. Compound subject-Two or more subjects in the same sentence. Example: Teachers and students eat in the lunchroom. Dogs and cats are sweet.

5. Poetic Devices- Idiom- has a different meaning than the “dictionary” meaning. Example: It’s raining cats and dogs! This does not mean we have cats and dogs falling from the sky. It means it is raining VERY hard outside. Simile- Compares two things using the words like or as. Example: Kyle is as fast as a cheetah. Metaphor- Compares two things. Example: Kyle is a cheetah! Hyperbole-a complete exaggeration. Example: This bookbag weighs a ton. Patterns- Rhyme patterns in poetry. AABB pattern means that lines 1 and 2 rhyme with each other, while lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other, but not with 1 and 2. Grammar Study Guide Week 6, 13, 20, 27, 34

2. Pronoun- Takes the place of one or more nouns. Example: I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it, we, us, you, they, them She gave Sally a book. It was about cats.

3. Simple Predicate- Tells what the subject does or is. It is the one main word that tells what the subject does. Example: They work in teams of ten. The camp opens every summer.

4. Compound predicate-Two or more predicates in the same sentence. Example: The girls ran and skipped down the block.

5. Analogy- A similarity between like features of two things. Example: big : ______:: right : wrong Answer: small or little Grammar Study Guide Week 7, 14, 21, 28, 35

2. Adverbs- can describe a verb. It gives us more information about an action verb or a form of the verb to be. They may tell how, when, or where and often end in –ly. Examples: carefully, sadly, upstairs All the children were upstairs. I walked carefully down the stairs.

3. Contractions- Combined form of two words. An apostrophe (‘) takes the place of any missing letters. Example: could not= couldn’t she will= she’ll

4. Compound sentence-Two sentences combined in one sentence. A comma and the word “and” “but” or “or” are used to combine the sentence. Example: Fred dropped the glass. It did not break. = Fred dropped the glass, but it did not break.

5. Literature Genres- Biography or Autobiography- Biography is a book about a person, written by someone else; Autobiography is a book about a person, written by that person. Mystery or Adventure- Mystery will have clues and evidence to solve the mystery; Adventure will have breathtaking action. Fiction or Non-Fiction- Fiction = fake; Non-Fiction = not fake. Realistic Fiction- Could happen in real life, but isn’t a true story. Historical Fiction- Events and places are true and factual, however the story itself is not true.