4.08 September 25-29, 2017
Spelling: Plural Nouns
Each week, students are expected to know what the words mean, be able to use them, and be able to spell them for their test on Friday. Your test Friday will have 20 words: this week’s words plus some of the previous weeks’ words.
Monday: Make each word plural. Write your spelling words correctly in your agenda.
Tuesday-Wednesday: Work on your spelling choice extra credit if completing (due Thursday).
Thursday: Study all 15 words and review previous weeks’ words! If possible, take a practice spelling test, either on paper or at www.spellingcity.com. (LOGIN THROUGH CLEVER!)
- A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea.
- A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
- Most plural nouns are formed by adding –s or –es.
- Add –es to form the plural of singular nouns that end in s, sh, ch, or x.
- To form the plural of nouns ending in consonant and y, change the y to an i and add –es.
- To form the plural of nouns ending in a vowel and y, add –s.
Add the correct ending to make each word plural.
1. bench__________
2. friend__________
3. pass__________
4. patio__________
5. radio__________
6. buzz__________
7. echo__________
8. donkey__________
9. tomato__________
10. bush__________
11. valley__________
12. battery__________
13. tax__________
14. picture__________
15. century__________
Vocabulary: Figurative Language
Students are expected not only to know the definition of each vocabulary word but to be able to use them. This week, students will need to identify examples of each type of figurative language. Complete vocabulary match on Monday.
Study nightly! Practice at SpellingCity.com. Finish vocabulary choice extra credit if completing over these words (due Thursda). The test will be Friday.
alliteration hyperbole idiom metaphor onomatopoeia personification pun simile
1. ___________________________________: (n) comparing two unlike things using like or as
2. ___________________________________: (n) same beginning sound
3. ___________________________________: (n) extreme exaggeration
4. ___________________________________: (n) sound word
5. ___________________________________: (n) giving human-like qualities to things (non-humans)
6. ___________________________________: (n) comparing two unlike things directly
7. ___________________________________: (n) commonly undertood usage of language; an expression that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of its separate words
8. ___________________________________: (n) deliberate wordplay based on ambiguity; a humorous way of using words so that more than one meaning is suggested
Grammar: parts of speech: nouns; punctuation: comma usage
Reading Skills: story elements
Social Studies: European Explorers
IXL: ELA B.1-3, A.1-7, K section; Math W, X, Y, & Z
(In case you’d like to practice at home, these are our focus standards.)
Science:
Math: Measurement
-Understand relationships between gallons, cups, quarts and pints
MATH HOMEWORK: Students have one column of math problems daily, Monday-Thursday. They get class time to work on them, so their homework is ONLY what they do not finish.
Upcoming Events:
9/25 MAKE UP SCHOOL DAY! We will be rescheduling our conferences. Please go to either: calendly.com/jesscook/conf for Mrs. Cook’s homeroom students or to https://calendly.com/hdyer/conf for Mrs. Dyer’s homeroom students.
9/28 School Pictures; Our School Bank opening day and each Thursday until spring
9/29 CPA intro paragraph due; SnoCone Sales
10/7 FALL FESTIVAL!
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