Unit 1 Review

Day 1

Read the sentence below.

Kim skipped happily down the street.

What does the word happily mean?

without any happiness full of happiness in a happy way too happy

Read the sentence below.

The policeman was fearless.

What does fearless mean?

a. full of fearb. in a way that shows fearc. the state of having feard. without fear

If you wanted to look up the word unwrapped in the dictionary, between which two words would unhappy appear alphabetically?

a. umbrella and underb. usher and utterc. umpire and untild. usual and untie

A fairy tale is a story that –

a. tells things that could really happenb. teaches the reader an important

lessonc. tells facts about real-life thingsd. uses animal characters that act like

humans

Which of the following events could not really happen?

a. a deer finds berries to eat in the forest

b. a dog plays with a plastic toyc. a lion wraps a present for his wifed. a girl feeds her pet bird

Realism & Fantasy Review

Click on this websitehttp://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/a/realisticcontentl3.cfm

After reviewing the skill, click on the picture of the flower at the bottom to pratice.

Then click on the picture of the snowman to take a practice quiz.

To return to the slideshow, click the “x” to close the window.

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Day 2

Read the sentence below.

The hard chair was very uncomfortable.

The word uncomfortable means –

a. not comfortableb. extra comfortablec. in a comfortable wayd. comfortable again

Read the sentence below.Saruni earned money by doing chores.

Which word has the same beginning sound as the ch in chores?

a. witchb. chickenc. racketd. filth

Read the sentence below.

The children jump on the bed.

The past tense of jump is –

a. jumpsb. jumpeedc. jumpedd. jumping

Read the sentence below.The boat took us to the island.

Which word has the same sound as the oa in boat?

a. potb. shouldc. ignored. window

Which event could happen in real life?

a. a wizard casts a spell on a childb. an elephant talks to his lion friendsc. a boy teaching his dog to sitd. a firefly singing his baby to sleep

Sequence Review

Use this website to review:http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade5/skill15/fly_saucer.htm

The questions are a little difficult so be prepared.

Pay attention to the red arrow at the bottom of the book. It means there is more to read if you click the arrow.

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Day 3

Read the sentence below.I want to talk about our test tomorrow.

Which word has the same sound as the ou in about?

a. couldb. crowc. prowld. cost

Which word is spelled correctly?

a. frysb. crunchesc. dreamesd. lunchs

Read the sentence below.

He took a big bite of the sandwich.

Which word means more big?

a. bigerb. biggestc. bigsd. bigger

Read the sentence below.The boy rode his bicycle to the market.

Which word has the same sound as the oy in boy?

a. moreb. flowc. joind. yo-yo

The setting of a story tells -

a. who the main characters areb. the time and place of the storyc. the most important idea in the storyd. the order of the events in the story

Johnny stood at the intersection, waiting on the traffic light to turn green. Traffic buzzed by him on both sides. He wondered if he’d ever get to cross the street.

This setting of this story is a –

a. hiking trailb. busy city streetc. farmd. mall

Character Review

Use this webite:http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/inferchar.cfm

There is more opportunity for practice at the bottom of the page.

(If this site doesn’t work, try opening the Internet and typing in the site there).

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Day 4

Which word is a compound word?

a. sandwichb. picnicc. lunchboxd. blanket

Read the sentence below.

He was weak after running all day.

Which meaning of the homonym weak is used in the above sentence?

a. tiredb. 7 daysc. excitedd. strong

Read the sentence below.Alexander lost a penny while standing on

his head.

The plural form of the word penny is –

a. penniesb. pennysc. pennyesd. penny’s

Read the sentence below.I took lunch to my grandmother.

Which word has the same vowel sound as lunch?

a. crustb. mutec. crouchd. moon

Read the sentence below.It is raining outside.

Which word has the same sound as the ai in raining?

a. ranb. toastc. againd. taken

Vocabulary Review

This website is a fun way to practice with context clues and homonyms:

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=191This site helps with choosing a word that

makes sense in the sentence.http://www.fcatexplorer.com/parent/4gr/en/tipslister/question_tip_space.asp?src=tip104a.swf