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

1. Study the corrections in all ten DOL sentences.

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

1. Study the corrections in all ten DOL sentences.

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

1. Study the corrections in all ten DOL sentences.

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

1. Study the corrections in all ten DOL sentences.

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

1. Study the corrections in all ten DOL sentences.

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

1. Study the corrections in all ten DOL sentences.

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.