Second Semester Study

Guidefor

Reading, Spelling and

Grammar2018 -2019

Third Nine Week PeriodReading Unit 3

Week 1 (begins January 8)Review WeekUnit 3 Reading, Vocabulary, Skills and Comprehension TestThere will not be a Spelling Test this week.

Unit 3 Study Guide for Reading Skills TestThe following skills will be assessed on the Unit 3 Reading Test.

Cause and effect Reality/fantasy Drawing conclusions Sequence Antonyms Author’s purpose Plot (what happens in the beginning, middle and end of a

story) Reading comprehension (based on short stories presented

on the test) Vocabulary words from the stories read and discussed in

class each week from Unit 3 Lon vowels – i, e, o Comparative endings –er, est Compound words These skills will be reviewed and discussed in class this

week.

Unit 4Week 2 “The Quilt Story”

Reading Skill – Compare and contrastVocabulary – quilt, wrapped, pretended, stuffing, trunks, blankets, unpacked, stitched, hatchet, patchwork

Spelling SKill – c + le

1. ankle 8. title 15. bubble 22. unpacked

2. cable 9. purple 16. quilt3. bugle 10. bundle 17. wrapped4. giggle 11. sparkle 18. pretended5. apple 12. scramble 19. stuffing6. able 13. mumble 20. trunks7. tickle 14. twinkle 21. blankets

Grammar Skill – Adjectives An adjective is a word that describes a person, animal, place, or thing. An adjective can tell how something smells, looks, sounds, feels, or tastes.

“The Quilt Story” vocabularyblankets – coverings for beds used to keep sleepers warmpretended – make-believequilt – a bed covering made by stitching together layers of fabricstuffing – soft material used to fill an objecttrunks – sturdy boxes in which objects are packedunpacked – removed from a suitcase or other containerwrapped – covered by winding or foldingstitched – fastened together with needle and threadhatchet – small ax with a short handlepatchwork – different pieces of cloth sewn or stitched together

Week 3

“Life Cycle of a Pumpkin”Reading Skill - fact and opinionVocabulary – fruit, soil, root, harvest, vine, bumpy, smooth, cycle, wither, tendrils,Spelling Skill – Vowels: oo, u

1. put 8. push 15. footprint 22. root2. cook 9. pull 16. soil3. stood 10. brook 17. vine4. full 11. hook 18. fruit5. wood 12. hood 19. smooth6. July 13. pudding 20. bumpy7. shook 14. cushion 21. harvest

Grammar Skill - Adjectives for number, size, and shape. An adjective is a word that describes a person, animal, place, or thing. An adjective can identify the number, size, or shape of something.

“Life Cycle of a Pumpkin” vocabularyfruit – part of a plant that contains seedssoil – the top layer or the Earth’s surfaceroot – the part of a plant that takes in water and holds the plant in placeharvest – to gather cropsvine – a plant with a long, thin stembumpy – covered with high spots or lumpssmooth – flat or evencycle – a series of actions that happen in the same orderwither – to dry uptendrils – slender, curling part of a plant

Week 4 “Frogs” Reading Skill – compare and contrast

Vocabulary Skill – pond, wonderful, powerful, insects, crawls, skin, shed, Spelling Skill – vowel dipthongs ou, ow /ou/ Spelling Test 3

1. around 8. pound 15. drowsy 22. powerful

2. about 9. crown 16. crawls3. gown 10. south 17. shed4. sound 11. mouse 18. insects5. flower 12. downtown 19. skin6. howl 13. mountain 20. pond7. ground 14. boundary 21. wonderful

Grammar Skill - Adjectives that compare. Add –er to an adjective to compare two persons, places, or things. Add –est to an adjective to compare three or more things.

“Frogs” Vocabularypond – a small body of waterwonderful – causing wonder or amazementinsects – animals with six legs and a three-part bodycrawls – moves slowly on hands and kneesskin – outer covering of the bodyshed – to lose or droppowerful – having great power or strength

Week 5“I Like Where I Am” – Reading Skill – Theme and plot, summarize Vocabulary – block, strong, chuckle, tears, fair, trouble, giant, glee, usuallySpelling SKill – dipthongs oi, oy

1. joy 8. joint 15. turquoise 22. giant

2. noise 9. foil 16. block3. royal 10. enjoy 17. strong4. moist 11. destroy 18. chuckle5. broil 12. loyal 19. tears6. cowboy 13. employee 20. fair7. spoil 14. corduroy 21. trouble

Grammar Skill – Adverb Adverbs are words that tell more about a verb. Some adverbs show when or where.

“I Like Where I Am Vocabulary”trouble – something that is difficult or upsettinggiant – very large or hugechuckle – to laugh quietlyfair – just and by the rulesstrong – having great strength or powerblock – part of a city or towntears – drops of salty water that come from your eyesglee – great happiness or joyusually – something that commonly happens

Week 6

“Helen Keller and the Big Storm” Reading Skill – Fact and opinionVocabulary – angry, branches, pressing, clung, special, fingers, picnic, tantrum, scent, fierceSpelling SKill – vowel patterns for /u/

1. too 8. spoon 15. shampoo 22. fingers

2. new 9. clue 16. angry3. fruit 10. juice 17. picnic4. blue 11. drew 18. branches5. true 12. flew 19. pressing6. cool 13. cruise 20. clung7. suit 14. nephew 21. special

Grammar Skill – Adverb An adverb can tell more about a verb by telling how an action is done. Adverbs that tell us “how” usually end in –ly.

“Helen Keller and the Big Storm”special – different in some waypressing – putting a force on something branches – parts of a tree that grow from the trunkpicnic – a meal eaten outdoorsangry – feeling mad and full of angerfingers – parts of the handclung – held onto or stuck totantrum – an outburstscent – the way something smellsfierce- wild or dangerous

Week 7 Unit 4 Reading Skills TestUnit 4 Study Guide for Reading Skills Test

Unit 4 Reading, Vocabulary, Skills and Comprehension TestThere will not be a Spelling Test this week.The following skills will be assessed on the Unit 4 Reading Test.

Compare and contrast Fact and opinion

Main idea Genre – nonfiction Plot (what happens in the beginning, middle and end of a

story) Character Setting – when and where the story takes place Draw conclusions Context clues – multiple meaning words Suffixes and prefixes Short vowels Spelling skills– ou, ow, oi, oy, we, ue, oo, consonants plus le Adjectives Adverbs

Reading Unit 5Week 8 “Firefighter”Reading Skill – main idea and detailsVocabulary – station, hydrant, roar, fireproof, masks, quickly, tightly, burning, building, outriggersSpelling – Suffixes: ly, ful, er, or

1. cheerful 8. graceful 15. extremely2. visitor 9. yearly 16. station3. slowly 10. quickly 17. hydrant4. weekly 11. fighter 18. roar5. teacher 12. sailor 19. fireproof 6. helper 13. gardener 20. masks7. hardly 14. competitor

Grammar Skill - PronounsHe, she, and it are pronouns that name only one. We and they are pronouns that name more than one.

“Firefighter Vocabulary”station – a building where a service takes placehydrant – an outside connection to underground water pipesmasks – coverings for the face

roar – a loud, deep noisefireproof – something that does not burn easilybuilding – a place with walls and a roofquickly – in a fast waytightly – fitting in a close wayburning – hurting or harming someone or something by fireoutriggers – leg-like structures that hold a fire truck steady

Week 9 “One Dark Night” Reading Skill – sequencing Vocabulary – flashes, rolling, lightning, storm, pounds, thunder, pours, stray, nudging, broodingSpelling SKill – prefixes un, re, pre, dis

1. unsafe 8. unpack 15. reunion 22. pours

2. preheat 9. unplug 16. flashes3. rerun 10. regroup 17. rolling4. disappear 11. preschool 18. lightning5. unlock 12. disagree 19. storm6. retie 13. prehistoric 20. pounds7. rewind 14. unfortunate 21. thunder

Grammar Skill – Pronouns - He, she, and it are pronouns that name only one. We and they are pronouns that name more than one.

“One Dark Night Vocabulary”pours- rains heavily

lightning – a flash of light in the sky during a storm thunder – a loud sound in the sky that comes after a flash of lightningstorm – heavy rain, snow, or hailflashes – moves quickly by

pounds – hits with force and noiserolling – making a loud, deep soundstray – lostnudging –giving a small pushbrooding – worrying or thinking hardWeek 10 “Bad Dog, Dodger”

Reading Skill – plot and theme, prior knowledgeVocabulary – chased, chewing, dripping, grabbed, practice, treat, wagged, bleachers, spectators, dugoutSpelling Skill – silent consonants

1. knock 8. wren 15. wrestle 22. wagged

2. sign 9. gnat 16. chased3. knee 10. lamb 17. chewing4. wrong 11. comb 18. dripping5. write 12. knob 19. grabbed6. climb 13. knuckle 20. practice7. wrap 14. plumber 21. treat

Grammar Skill – Pronouns I and me The pronouns I and me take the place of your name. Use I in the subject of the sentence. Use me after an action verb.

“Bad Dog, Dodger! Vocabulary”

chased – ran after someonechewing – grinding something between your teethdripping – a liquid falling slowly drop by drop

grabbed – took hold of something suddenlypractice – to repeat an action on order to improve

treat – a special gift, often foodwagged – moved from side to sidebleachers – raised seats on which people sit to watch sports gamesspectators – people who watch an eventdugout – a shelter where baseball players sit when they are waiting to play

Fourth Nine Weeks

Week 1

“Horace and Morris but Mostly Delores”

Reading Skill – Author’s purpose Vocabulary – adventure, climbed, clubhouse, exploring, greatest, truest, wondered, downhearted, sewerSpelling Skill – ph, gh /f/

1. phone 8. tough 15. autograph 22.truest2. enough 9. photo 16. adventure3. stuff 10. rough 17. climbed4. laugh 11. cough 18. clubhouse5. puff 12. cliff 19. exploring6. giraffe 13. dolphin 20 greatest7. graph 14. physical 21. wondered

Grammar Skill - Different kinds of Pronouns and review. The pronouns I, he, she, we, and they are used as subjects. The pronouns me, him, her, us, and them are used after action verbs. You and it can be used anywhere in a sentence.

“Horace and Morris but Mostly Delores”

adventure – an exciting experienceclimbed – went upwardclubhouse- a house or structure where a group meetsexploring – going someplace to discover what it is likegreatest – the best or most wonderfultruest – the most real or loyalwondered – wanted to know moredownhearted – very sadsewer – underground pipes that carry waste away

Week 2

“The Signmaker’s Assistant”

Reading Skill – real, fantasyVocabulary - idea, important, blame, signmaker, townspeople, afternoon

Spelling – Vowels: aw, au, augh, al1. talk 8. auto 15. awkward2. because 9. taught 16. idea

3. August 10. thaw 17. important4. caught 11. fault 18. blame5. draw 12. launch 19. signmaker6. walk 13. applause 20. townspeople7. chalk 14. audience 21. afternoon

Grammar Skill – ContractionsA contraction is a short way to put two words together. An apostrophe (‘) takes the place of one or more letters.

“The Signmaker’s Assistant”afternoon – the time of day between noon and nightblame – to say that something is someone’s fault idea – thought or opinionimportant – taken seriouslysignmaker – someone who makes signs or public noticestownspeople – people who live in a town

Week 3 Review WeekUnit 5 Reading, vocabulary, skills and fresh read comprehension test. There will not be a Spelling Test this week.

Unit 5 Study Guide for Reading Skills TestThe following skills will be assessed on the Unit 5 Reading Test.

Main idea Plot, theme and character Author’s purpose Genre (realistic and fiction) Sequence Draw conclusions Compound words Suffixes –ly, -ful, -er, -est Word endings – verb tense Silent consonants kn, wr, gn,

Vowels al, aw Prefixes un-, re- Consonant patterns gh, ph Pronouns

These skills will be reviewed and discussed in class prior to the test.

Week 4

“Just Like Josh Gibson”

Reading Skill - compare and contrastVocabulary – bases, cheers, field, plate, sailed, threw, soar, forties, Louisville sluggerSpelling Skill – contractions

1. we’re 8. they’re 15. should’ve2. I’ve 9. I’d 16. bases3. don’t 10. they’d ` 17. cheers4. can’t 11. she’d 18. field5. he’d 12. we’ve 19. plate6. you’re 13. could’ve 20. sailed7. won’t 14. would’ve 21. threw8. Grammar Skill Using capital letters Sentences always

begin with a capital letter. Days of the week, months of

the year, holidays, and titles for people begin with capital letters.

“Just Like Josh Gibson”

bases – places that are stations or goals in certain games, such as baseballcheers – to call out or yell loudly to show that you like somethingfield – a piece of land used for some special purposeplate – a hard rubber slab that a baseball player stands beside to batsailed – moved smoothly like a ship with sailsthrew – sent something through the air by force of your armsoar – to fly upwardforties – the years between 1940 and 1949Louisville slugger – a popular kind of bat

Week 5

“Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag”

Reading Skill – fact and opinionVocabulary – America, birthday, flag, freedom, nicknames, stars, stripes, Congress, American Revolution, coloniesSpelling Skill – inflected endings

1. tried 8. hiking 15. replied 22. stars2. trying 9. cried 16. replying 23. stripes

3. planned 10. crying 17. America4. planning 11. skipped 18. birthday5. liked 12. skipping 19. flag6. liking 13. danced 20. freedom7. hiked 14. dancing 21. nicknames

Grammar Skill – Quotation Marks Use quotation marks to show the beginning and the ending of what someone says.

“Red, White and Blue: The Story of the American Flag” vocabulary

America – another name for North and South America, the United Statesbirthday – the day you were bornflag – a piece of colored cloth with stars or other symbols on it. It often represents a state or country.freedom – being able to do, say, and think as you please

nicknames – names used instead of real namesstars – a shape that has five or six points stripes – long, narrow bands of color Congress – the national lawmaking group of the United StatesAmerican Revolution – the war in which the 13 American colonies gained their freedom from EnglandColonies – groups of people who left their own land to settle in another land

Week 6

“A Birthday Basket for Tia”

Reading Skill - drawing conclusions, summarizeVocabulary – aunt, bank, basket, collects, favorite, present, piñata, ninetieth, tiaSpelling Skill – syllables –tion, -ture

1. mixture 8. station 15. tuition2. nation 9. fixture 16. aunt3. section 10. motion 17. bank4. future 11. nature 18. basket5. picture 12. feature 19. collects6. action 13. furniture 20. favorite7. caution 14. adventure 21. present

Grammar Skill – Commas Commas are used in addresses, dates, to begin and end a letter, and to separate three or more things in a sentence.

“A Birthday Basket for Tia”

aunt – your father’s sister, your mother’s sister, or your uncle’s wifebank – a place where people keep their moneybasket – something to carry or store things incollects – to bring things togetherfavorite – something you like better than all otherspresent – a gift, something that someone gives you or that you give someonepiñata – a decorated container filled with candy and toys that is hung at parties for blindfolded people to break open with a stick

ninetieth – next after the 89th

tia – Spanish word for auntWeek 7

“Cowboys”

Reading Skill – cause and effectVocabulary – campfire, cattle, cowboy, galloped, herd, railroad, trails, roundup, chuckwagon, bellowed

Spelling Skill – suffixes 1. kindness 8. sickness 15. wireless 22. trails2. careless 9. helpless 16. campfire3. goodness 10. thankless 17. cattle4. useless 11. fitness 18. cowboy5. fearless 12. weakness 19. galloped6. darkness 13. awareness 20. herd7. sadness 14. eagerness 21. railroad

Grammar Skill – Commas in compound sentences Sometimes two sentences have ideas that go together. These sentences can be combined using a comma and a connecting word, such as and or but.

“Cowboys”

campfire – a fire in a camp used for cooking or warmthcattle – animals raised for their meat, milk, or skinscowboy – a person who works on a cattle ranchgalloped – to run very fast

herd – a group of the same kind of animal that is kept or fed togetherrailroad – a road or track of two steel railstrails – a path across a field or through the woodsroundup – act of driving or bringing cattle together from long distanceschuckwagon – wagon that carries food and cooking equipment for cowboys bellowed – a loud, deep noise like a roar

Week 8

“Jingle Dancer”

Reading Skill – character, setting and plot, context cluesVocabulary – borrow, clattering, drum, jingles, silver, voice, moccasins, regalia, shuffledSpelling Skill – prefixes

1. midair 8. midweek 15. misbehavior2. misplace 9. midyear 16. borrow3. mislead 10. mismatch 17. clattering4. midway 11. misdeed 18. drum5. misprint 12. mistake 19. jingles6. midday 13. midstream 20. silver7. misbehave 14. midnight 21. voice

Grammar Skill – Indent paragraph A paragraph is a group of sentences about the same idea. The first sentence of a paragraph is indented.

“Jingle Dancer”

borrow- to get something from someone for just a whileclattering – making a noise like plates or silverware striking togetherdrum – a musical instrument that makes a sound when it is beatenjingles – to make or cause to make sounds like bellssilver – a shiny white metal used to make coins, jewelry, ets.voice – the sound you make with your mouthmoccasins – soft leather shoe without an attached heelregalia – fine clothesshuffled – dragged your feet while walking

Week 9

Review