Grammar Test Review

Types of Sentences:
1. Statement / Declarative: tells something
2. Question / Interrogative: asks something
3. Command / Imperative: tells someone to do something
4. Exclamation / Exclamatory: shows strong feeling

Grammar Study Guide

1.      This type of sentence is a command. _______________________. It ends with a ____.

2.      This type of sentence asks a question: ______________________. It ends with a ___.

3.      This type of sentence is an exclamation: _____________________. It ends with a ___.

4.      This type of sentence is a statement: _______________________. It ends with a ___.

What type of sentence is this? What punctuation should go at the end?

1.     __________________ what is the weather like at the South Pole

2.     __________________ it is very cold all year long

3.     __________________ has anyone ever been to the South Pole

Underline the subject of the sentence once and the predicate twice.

1.     Tara plays the piano.

2.     She practices everyday.

  3.     Mr. George Massey gives Tara lessons.

  4.     Her three brothers wait outside.

Complete each question with who, what, when, why, how, or where. Remember to start each question with a capital letter.

1.           A lot of wheat is grown in South Dakota.

________________ is a lot of wheat grown?

2.           Wheat grows well there because the soil is rich.

________________ does wheat grow well there?

  

Elements & Features of Poetry

Here are our notes from class today to help you study for the reading comprehension & vocabulary test we will take this Friday. Don't forget to study the first 6 vocabulary words (beats, rhyme, lines, pattern, rhythm, stanzas) on the list the students received Tuesday for the test too!

Elements & Features of Poetry

1. Rhyming words
Example Poems:
- Sneeze tease/sneeze, tickle/ nickel/ prickle/pickle
- Joe: Joe/snow, seeds/breeds, wait/late
- Cloud Dragons: high/sky/by, me/see, blue/do
- Spaghetti: please/cheese, squiggle/ wriggle/wiggle, mound/ around, stuff/enough, great/plate
- Andre: awake/take, too/do, glad/had
- The Bat: sky/fly
- Show Fish: swell/tell/spell/smell/well
2. Rhythm
Example Poem:
- April Rain Song (sounds like rain)
- Sneeze (builds up as the poem gets to the end)
- Andre
3. Repeated words
Example Poems:
- April Rain Song (Let the rain . ., The rain . . )
- Giraffe: stilts
- Spaghetti: spaghetti
- Andre: I had
- Show Fish: school, show and tell
4. Shape Poems
Giraffe - forms the shape of a giraffe
The Bat - the words upside down are written upside down
5. Alliteration - repeated sound/consonant at the beginning of words in a poem
Giraffe: tree-tall giraffe
April Rain Song: liquid...lullaby
Spaghetti: spaghetti, slurpy, squiggle, sauce
The Bat: mobile/mammal/mugs/myriad, batty bat
Show Fish: found, flounder, school, show, smell

Social Studies Ch 1 Study Guide

Looking for studying materials to review with your 3rd grader one last time tonight? Here's the SS study guide we completed in class in case anyone misplaced it! :)

Social Studies Chapter 1 Study Guide

1. What state borders California to the North? ________________________

2.  What 2 places border California to the East? ______________________

3. What country borders California to the South? _____________________

4. How many regions are there in California? What are they called? _______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Vocabulary: Study the definition for each of these words.

                       

      
A. intermediate directions

B. coastal plain

C. transportation

D. climate

E. population

F. plateau

G. human-made features

H. border

13. What 2 natural resources are new communities built by? __________and_____________

14. What region are most of California’s farms in? __________________________

15. What is a desert? ___________________________________

16. What is trading? _____________________________________

17. What is a mountain range? _____________________________

18. What is an area where you will find many skyscrapers, homes, and businesses close to one another called? _____________________________________

19. How does a landform map show where mountains, plains, valleys, or hills can be found? ___________________________________________________

20. Are natural resources evenly spread out in California? Yes / No

21. On what continent is your community located? ________________________________

22. The letters NE on the compass rose are between _______________and_____________

23. What are bridges and buildings examples of? __________________________________

24. What is the first thing people usually build in a new settlement? _____________________

25. Name 2 cities that are an example of an urban area. _____________________________

26. Name 1 city in California’s desert region?________________________________

Use complete sentences to answer the questions.

1. In what region do most Californians live? Name 2 reasons why more people want to live there.

2. Name a physical feature in California and describe how it affects the climate of that area.

3. Pick one of the following (a school / a park) and give 2 examples of how it can help a community  grow.

4. Name the ocean next to California and describe 3 ways Californians make use of this ocean.

Happy Studying!

Social Studies/ Geography Map of the World & Tests for Sept 26-30

Today the students brought home a map of the world to color by Thursday morning. each student was supposed to color the map as follows:
Oceans - blue
North America - yellow
South America - red
Africa - purple
Antarctica - gray
Europe - orange
Asia - green
Australia - brown

Don't forget to study for the Social Studies Ch 1 Test on Thursday and the Science Unit A, Ch 1 Test on Friday!

Social Studies Chapter 1 Outlines

Many people have been frantically searching through notebooks at the end of the day this week for outlines and notes I've handed out to the class, so I thought I would post them here just incase anyone else forgot to take them home tonight. Happy Studying!

Social Studies Vocabulary

Unit 1: Our Geography

Community	a group of people who live work in the same place
Location	the place where something is found
Physical feature	something found in nature, such as weather, plant life, water, and land
Human-made feature	something people have built, such as a building, bridge or a road
Natural resources	something from nature that people use

Chapter 1: Physical and Human Geography

Border	a line that shows where a state or nation ends
Intermediate directions	the in-between directions that give more exact information about the location of a place (Ex: Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast)
Landform	a feature such as a mountain a valley
Plateau	a landform with steep sides and a flat top that rises high into the air
Mountain range	a large chain of mountains
Valley	a lowland that lies between hills or mountains
Coastal plain	a lowland plain that lies along a seacoast of an ocean
Climate	the weather that a place has over a long period of time
Desert	hot, dry places
Region	an area with at least one feature that makes it different from other areas
Transportation	the movement of people, goods, and ideas
Trade	to exchange one thing for another
Landform map	a map that shows a place’s physical features, such as mountains, hills, plains, plateaus, lakes, rivers, and oceans
Population	number of people in an area
Urban	a city
Suburban	smaller communities near cities
Rural	an area with fields, woods, farms, and small towns
Grid system	a set of lines that cross each other to form boxes
Exact location	the point where two grid lines meet, or cross, on a map

Social Studies Ch 1 Lesson 3: Human Made Features

I. How do people change the places where they live?

   A. Communities have been built in certain locations:

         1. They build near fresh water & good soil

         2. Many people live near the coast

         3. The first thing people do when they move somewhere is add buildings to the land: houses (somewhere to live) & places to work

    B. People add human-made features in many different ways:

         1. Examples of human-made features include: streets, buildings, restaurants, police department, airport, school, home, bridges

         2. California has roads, railroad tracks, subways, and bridges that help get people and things to the places they need to go (transportation)