Ancestors- the people who came before you in your family are your ancestors.
Brilliant- things that are brilliant are very bright, and often shiny.
Exotic- something exotic is unusual and interesting because it came from a faraway place.
Graceful- if a person is graceful, he or she moves in a smooth way tha tis nice to look at.
Mischievous- someone who is mischievous likes to play tricks on other people. Participate- If you participate in a game, you are involved in it.
Focus Skill
Fact and Opinion A Fact is a statement that can be proved. An Opinion is a statement of feeling or belief tha cannnot be proved.
Tip: Some words tha signal an opinion are should, must, best, worst, I think, and I believe
Draw Conclusions
Readers use information from the story along with what they know from real life.
Drawing conclusion helps readers understand what happens in a story, and why.
Tip: As you read, ask yourself, What has the author told me? What do I need to figure out for myself? What do I know about people to help me understand each of the character's actions.
Spelling
Spelling Words: lunar cellar collar corner fanger director doctor dollar tinker finger honor horror labor master motor ancestor checkers power regular sugar High Frequency words: it's, its, let's,
Grammar
Subject and Object Pronouns Subject pronouns take place of one or more nouns in the subject of a sentence. EX: singular- I, you, he, she , it / Plural- we, you, they Object pronouns must be used after the action verb or after the preposition EX:singular-me, you, him, her, it/ Plural- us, you , them Possessive Pronouns A word that take place of a possessive noun.
Pronouns - a word that takes the palce of one or more nouns.
An antecedent is the noun or nouns to which the pronoun refers.
Possessive Nouns Singular possessive- >add 's ex. boat-boat's Plural possessive- >No s add 's bex. oys- boys' >ends with an s , form possesive by s' ex. geese- geeses's
Singular and Plural Nouns
Common and Proper Nouns
Dependent and Independent Clauses Independent clauses can stand alone with both a subject and verb. Dependent clause can not stand on it's own. It does not express a complete thought. Ex: although, becasue, that, when, which Prepositional Phrases Shows how a noun or pronoun is related to another word int eh sentence. Ex: by, to, from, in for, at after, over, under, with, on, across, and through
Object of a preposition It is the noun or pronoun that follows the prepositon.
Prepositional Phrase It is made up a preposition, teh object of the presposition, and any any other words in between
Simple and Compound Sentence A simple sentence is a group of words that describes one thought. A compound sentence is two or more simple sentences connected by a comma and a conjunction and, or, but, or for Ex: We can go to the mall, or we can go to the movies.