Language
A sentence has a subject and a predicate.
A subject tells who or what is doing something in the sentence.
A predicate tells what the subject is doing, or the action part.
Nouns: common – names a person, a place, or a thing
proper – names a specific person place or thing and starts with a capital letter
abbreviations – a shortened way to write a word
compound words – two words joined together to make one word
commas in a series – red, yellow, and blue
synonyms – words that mean almost the same
antonyms – words that mean the opposite
present tense verbs – action words happening now
past tense verbs – action words happened in past
plural nouns – more than one: add s, es, or change the y to i and add es.
Comprehension Skills
Check for Understanding
Cross Checking (Does it look right, does it sound right, does it make sense?)
Back up and reread
Tune into interesting words
Monitor and Fix- up
Voracious Reading/Fluency
Nonfiction
Vocabulary Skill
