4th Grade
ELA 1
ELA 1
What is the central idea of a text?
What the text is mostly about
What is this called: '
apostrophe
Fix this sentence
me and my mom watched the sun rise this morning. it was a beautiful cite.
A. Me and my mom wached the sun rise this morning. It was a beautiful sight.
B. Me and my mom watched the sun rise this morning. It is a beautiful sight.
C. Me and my mom watched the sun rise this morning. It was a beautiful sight.
What is C.
Me and my mom watched the sun rise this morning. It was a beautiful sight.
The little girl stood up for herself against the bullies in her class; she was as brave as a lion.
The sentence above is a type of figurative language.
Simile
-uses the words "I" to tell a story.
- is told by someone who is not part of the story, 1st, or 3rd person point of view
First-person point of view
What names an action?
verb
The prefix tri- means what
Three or 3
The message or moral of a story.
Theme
What is wrong with this sentence?
I am going to see that movie later today
there is no punctuation at the end
What word is a verb in the following sentence?
April danced her way down the hall.
danced
What does the prefix 'mis' mean?
wrong
What does work today was a nightmare mean ?
Work was irritating or frustrating
What is the theme of this paragraph?
I looked over and saw that the new student was sitting by herself at lunch. I didn't want to leave my friends but I felt bad that she was alone. I got up and sat next to her, she smiled and we talked for the rest of lunch.
The theme is: kindness
It is essential that you study for your test.
What does essential mean?
extremely important
The text structure is this -
I can't find my dog. Let's look in the backyard to see if he's there.
a. compare and contrast
b. sequence or chronological
c. problem and solution
c. problem and solution
Adam was astonished when he walked into the cafeteria and saw all of the exciting decorations for the glow dance. The meaning of the word astonished.
What is shocked or surpirsed?
What text structure is this?
Apples and oranges are both fruits, which means that they have seeds inside of them.
Compare and contrast
The meaning of the word unattractive means...
What is something that is not attractive; ugly
It's not rocket science means what ?
It is not hard.
The metaphor" She's an angel" means...
What is she was really nice; sweet; kind or well behaved