4th Grade
MCAS Prep
MCAS Prep
What should you do the morning of MCAS?
Eat breakfast.
What does the beginning of every sentence need to start with?
A capital letter
At night they retreat to their lairs.
What does retreat mean?
a. fall into
b. search for
c. go back into
d. remain close by
c. go back into
What is a simile?
Comparison using like or as
What is Flora's dog's name?
Maple
What should you do the night before MCAS?
Get good sleep.
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing.
What is the problem and solution?
Sarah missed the bus. Her mom had to take her to school.
Problem: Sarah missed the bus.
Solution: Her mom had to take her to school.
Choose the hyperbole.
A.) The kite soared like an eagle.
B.) Bang went the hammer.
C.) The sun shines like a diamond.
D.) I'm drowning in homework.
D.) I'm drowning in homework.
Name one of the literacy coaches in our building.
Mrs. Bechard or Mrs. Phinney
What can the teacher help you with on the MCAS?
Explaining directions.
Ideally, how many sentences are in one paragraph?
About 5 sentences
What do the words compare and contrast mean?
Compare: What is the same/similar
Contrast: What is different
What is Alliteration?
Phrase which each word starts with the same letter/sound.
Who are the three administrators in our building?
Dr. Dunphy
Dr. Stevens
Mr. Maclean
What are three tools that are embedded on the MCAS computer-based test?
Highlighting, hide answers, text-reader, text and background changer, inverter, notebook
What must you do at the beginning of every new paragraph?
Indent
Once their prey is at hand, Komodo dragons eat incredibly quickly. They may eat up to 5.5 pounds (2.5 kg) of meat in a single minute. They have amazing appetites as well. Some Komodos have been known to eat 80 percent of their body weight in a single feeding. Because they eat so much at one time, Komodos don’t have to eat very often. Some only eat about once a month.
What is the main purpose of this paragraph?
A. to describe how Komodo dragons grow so large
B. to explain the feeding habits of Komodo dragons
C. to show the places where Komodo dragons find their meals
D. to identify why people should be cautious near Komodo dragons
B. to explain the feeding habits of Komodo dragons
What is the difference between simile and metaphor?
Simile uses like or as and metaphor does not.
Write the following sentence in cursive?
Mr. Guerra farts a lot.
(see example)
Come up with a funny name for MCAS
Massachusetts Child Abuse System
What is a verb?
A word describing an action.
Choose the onomatopoeia:
A). Eat
B). Hop
C). Crack
D). Touch
C). Crack
What is personification?
Giving non-living things humanlike qualities.
Name a species of bat
(many potential answers)
True or False: Your brain believes whatever you tell it. So if you tell it you'll do bad, then you'll do bad. But if you tell it you'll do well, then you'll do well.
TRUE
How do you make this word plural
Penny
Change the y to an I and add es
PENNIES
Example of adjective:
A). Truck
B). Yellow
C). Dog
D). Running
B). Yellow
What form of figurative language is the following phrase?
It's raining cats and dogs.
A.) Personification
B.) Idiom
C.) Metaphor
D.) Simile
B.) Idiom
Spell the names of our class frogs.
Jason and Bartholomew.