sábado, 24 de marzo de 2018

Fourth grade Second Opportunity Test Review. 
This an opportinity that the student and his/her parents have to improve the results of the last test. The concepts are homophones, synonyms, and antonyms.
Test Date: April 3,2018
Starting on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, the student will hand in to his teacher the first test review. Follow the instructions and complete these exercises. Your teacher will correct and discuss them with you (student). 

Let's go over the material you need to take this test! 

1. Watch this video to better understand what homophones are!   VIDEO

2. This game will be lot of fun!

3. Use this list to learn more homophones!

4th Grade Homophone List

right/ write
then/ than
there/ they’re/ their
threw/ through
which/ witch
shone/ shown
it’s/ its
whole/ hole
peace/ piece
weather/ whether
your/ you’re
our/ are
would/ wood
to/ too/ two
grate/ great
night/ knight
no/ know
wait /weight
new/ knew
who’s/ whose
ate/ eight
blue/ blew
weak/ week
peak/ peek
heal/ heel/ he’ll
seam /seem
we’d/ weed
we’ve/  weave


4. Let's practice!
Use the correct homophone to complete the sentence.

5. Use this worksheet to review and practice the synonyms.
worksheet

6. Use this worksheet to review and practice the antonyms!

worksheet

lunes, 19 de marzo de 2018

Sixth grade Second Opportunity Test Review. 
Date: April 3,2018 
Follow the instructions and complete these exercises. Your teacher will correct and discuss them with you (student). 

Let's go over the material you need to take this test! You read Volcanoes and there you learned important information this natural disaster. Let's see if you missed something. Go to library and read this reading selection again. Then, complete the following exercises.


I- Match the vocabulary
___1. Dormant                                    a. crack on earth’s surface
___2. Core                                         b. center of the earth
___3. Geologist                                  c. inactive volcano
___4. Fault                                        d. section of the earth’s surface
___5. plate                                        e. scientist who studies the earth
___6. Vulcan                                      f. German god of fire
                                                          g. Roman god of fire
II- Answer the questions.
__1.  In Hawaii the legend says that ________________the  goddess of fire, was the cause of volcanoes.

a.   Namaka               b.  Kilaleu                     c.  Mauna Loa           d.  Pele

__2.   The people of Iceland believed that underwater volcanoes erupted because_______________the norse god   of fire was angry.
a.  Sam                      b.  Surtsey                   c.  Iceman                  d.  Namaka
__3.  Most volcanoes are found near the________________________shoreline.
      a.  Atlantic       b.  Mediterranean       c.  Pacific                  d.  Caribbean

__4.  AA is a type of  Hawaiian lava that is______________________.
     a.  thick                       b.  thin                            c.  red                        d.  rocky

__5.  Pahoehoe is a type of Hawaiian lava that is____________________.
    a.  red                          b.  thin                            c.  thick                     d.  smooth

___6.  ____________________is the largest volcano in Hawaii.
   a.  Mauna Loa            b.  Kilauea                      c.  Namaka                d.  Honolulu

___7. Hawaiian slow moving lava is___________.
   a. Pahoehoe             b. Namaka                         d. AA

___8. A volcano can be two(2) things:
    a. River                   b. A hill or a hole             c. a storm                


III- Volcanoes can help us to better understand Cause and effect relationship.

Match the cause to the effect. Cause Effect 
1. _______ The car ran a red light.                            A. The horses were thirsty. 
2. _______ Ben stayed up late.                                  B. She fell down. 
3. _______ The students were quiet in class.            C. She was hungry at lunch. 
4. _______ It rained.                                                  D. He was sleepy the next day. 
5. _______ Lydia skipped breakfast.                          E. It boiled over. 
6. _______ It was very hot outside.                            F. Everyone laughed. 
7. _______ Lucy’s shoes weren’t tied.                        G. It sank. 
8. _______ The boat had a leak.                                  H. Chris got wet.
9. _______ The puppy chased its tail.                          I. The teacher gave them a reward. 
10. _______ There was too much water in the pot.      J. Another car hit it



You can also learn cause and effect while playing. Go ahead!

HAWAIIAN GODDESS OF FIRE, WHO WAS CHASED FROM HER HOMES BY HER SISTER. SHE SETTLED IN KILAUEA, ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. WHEN SHE WAS ANGRY SHE BURST INTO FIRE AND THE VOLCANO ERUPTED.HAWAIIAN GODDESS OF FIRE, WHO WAS CHASED FROM HER HOMES BY HER SISTER. SHE SETTLED IN KILAUEA, ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. WHEN SHE WAS ANGRY SHE BURST INTO FIRE AND THE VOLCANO ERUPTED.HAWAIIAN GODDESS OF FIRE, WHO WAS CHASED FROM HER HOMES BY HER SISTER. SHE SETTLED IN KILAUEA, ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. WHEN SHE WAS ANGRY SHE BURST INTO FIRE AND THE VOLCANO ERUPTED.
HAWAIIAN GODDESS OF FIRE, WHO WAS CHASED FROM HER HOMES BY HER SISTER. SHE SETTLED IN KILAUEA, ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. WHEN SHE WAS ANGRY SHE BURST INTO FIRE AND THE VOLCANO ERUPTED.







martes, 6 de marzo de 2018

Sixth graders, Let's learn even more about subject and object pronouns!

Video

Short Test