Monday, June 17, 2013

5th grade June 17

ELA



Reminder that this week is Final exam week.


List of Exams
Science and Math : Tuesday
Reading and ELA Wednesday
Social Studies Thursday
Students should be Studying all week long


Topics for ELA Final Exam June 19th 

Parts of speech noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, and adjectives 
figurative language 
Writing a strong introduction 
"                      "  body
"                      " conclusion 
narrative poems
conjunctions
interjections 
prepositions and prepositional phrases 
expanding your writing with adjectives and phrases.  
central idea( main idea) 
Supporting details 
verb tenses 
homophones 
transitive and intransitive verbs 
understanding phrases 

Essay possibilities:

Comparative essays                  each type of essay need to have proof
Informative essays                   meaning to support: text evidence.       

Descriptive essay

Persuasive essay                        These two essays are very similar style
Argumentative essay               the main difference is claim and counter claim