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Adjectives Review 1

Adjective Study Guide

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• An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun.  
• Adjectives tell whose, how much, what kind or how many. 
• Encyclopedias have accurate information.  (what kind)
• A library has several dictionaries.  (how many)

• Articles--a, an, the
• Articles are special kinds of adjectives.  Use a and an to refer to any one item in a group.  
• A is used before words beginning with a consonant sound.  
• An is used before words beginning with a vowel sound.
• Use the to refer to a particular item or items.
• Demonstrative Adjectives--this, that, these, those
• A demonstrative adjective comes before a noun.  
• Demonstrative adjectives tell which one or which ones.  
• This and these are used to point out nearby people or things.
• That and those are used to point out people or things far away.
• This and that (singular)
• These and those (plural)
• A proper adjective is formed from a proper noun.  
• A proper noun names a certain person, place, thing, or idea.  
• A proper adjective begins with a capital letter.  (Japanese, African, Hawaiian).
• Comparative adjectives compare two nouns or pronouns.  
• Add er to most adjectives or add the word more before longer adjectives.
• Superlative adjectives compare three or more nouns. 
• Add est to most adjectives or add the word most before longer adjectives.
• Forms of good and bad:
• good, better, best
• bad, worse, worst
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  4^th Grade Language 

  Study Guide – Adjectives/ Review 

  Noun – names a person, place, or thing
  Verb – shows action, or state of being
  Pronoun – takes the place of a noun
  Adjective – describes nouns or pronouns
  
  1. answers: Which one? What kind? How many? How much? Whose?
  2. a, an, and the are always adjectives – they are called articles
  
  
  Writing Comparisons – adding –er or -est
  
  1. if the adjective ends with a short vowel sound before the final consonant, then double the final consonant before adding –er or –est
  2. if the adjective ends in e, drop the final e before adding –er or -est
  3. whenever you use –er or –est, make sure you state what you are comparing
  
  
  Information below is NOT on the next test on 2/27.
  Adverb – describes verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
  
  1. answers: Where? When? How often? To what extent? How?
  2. often ends in –ly
  Preposition – shows relationship (learn the list of common prepositions)
  Example: The bird flew in her cage.
  Object of the preposition – the noun after the preposition
  Example: The bird flew in her cage.
  Conjunction
  1. joins words or groups of words
  2. common conjunctions include: and, but, or, nor, yet, for
  Interjection – shows strong or sudden feeling
  Example: Ouch! That bee stung me!
  My, look how well you did!

5th Grade Decimals Review Notes

Decimal Notes Math Notes for 5^th Grade

Reading Decimals

·        “A decimal point separates the whole number from the places that are less than one.

·        Place values extend infinitely in two directions from a decimal point.

·        A number containing a decimal point is called a decimal number or simply a decimal.”

Hundreds	Tens	Ones	Decimal Point	Tenths	Hundredths	Thousandths
8	4	1	.	5	6	2

Reading a number into the decimals

1.    Say the first part (left of the decimal) of the number like normal.  (if there is one)

2.    Say “and” where the decimal is.

3.    Say the second part of the number like normal but end with the last/smallest place value

Example: eight hundred forty one AND five hundred sixty two thousandths

Practice:

1.    485.856 -

2.    1835.21 –

3.    881.584 –

4.     684.9 –

5.     38.358 –

Decimal Notes Math

Writing Decimals

Writing Decimals can be written in standard, written, or expanded forms.

Standard - # form

·        0.2

·        0.85

·        2.376

·        315.007

Written = word form

·        Two tenths

·        Eighty-five hundredths

·        Two and three hundred seventy-six thousandths

·        Three hundred fifteen and seven thousandths

Expanded = equation form broken up by place values.

·        (0 x 1) + (2 X .1)

·        (0 x 1) + (8 x .1) + (5 x .01)

·        (2 x 1) + (3 x .1) + (7 x .01) + (6 x .001)

·        (3 x 100) + (1x 10) + (5 x 1) + (0 x .1) + (0 x .01) + (7 x .001)

Rounding Decimals Math 

Rounding decimals is the same as rounding any other whole number.

1.    Look to where you are being asked to round.

2.    Then look to the number on the right.

a.     5 or higher round up

b.    4 or less leave it alone & drop all the digits to the right of the rounded place value

3.    Say your number stopping at the rounded place value.

Example/Practice:

1.    Round 0.876 to the nearest hundredths = .88

2.    Round 1.23 to the nearest tenths =

3.    Round 32.056 to the nearest hundredths =

4.    Round 157.098 to the nearest tenths =

5.    Round 5.752 to the nearest hundredths =

Comparing Decimals Notes Math 

> - greater than

<  - less than

 =  - equal to

Comparing decimals is similar to comparing whole numbers.

Look at the highest place value available and figure out which number is larger.

Examples:

·        0.86 ___ .65    greater than or >

·        1.038 ___ .0038

·        3.248 ___ 3.258

·        7.2 ___ 7.9

·        5.24 ___ 5.34

·        6.07 ___ 6.7

Week of February 25th Reminders

Dear Students,

The study guides and any helpful resources that I have for this week will be posted here this afternoon for you. Give me just a little bit of time please. Remember to check back soon to see what I have posted for you.

Sincerely,

Miss M

missarynmcelroy@gmail.com

History Study Guide

4^th Grade History

Study Guide – Chapter 10

People

Crispus Attucks – a black patriot killed at the Boston Massacre

Ethan Allen – the man who with the help of the Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga

George Rogers Clark – secured the Northwest Territory for America

General Cornwallis – leader of the British army who surrendered to George Washington at the end of the war

George III – King of England during the time of the American War for Independence

Nathan Hale – brave American spy who was killed by the British, he is famous for the words, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"

John Hancock – the president of the Continental Congress and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence

Patrick Henry – stirred colonists into fighting for freedom from England with these words, "Give me liberty or give me death"

John Paul Jones – Scottish man who helped start the American navy, he is famous for the words, "I have not yet begun to fight"

Paul Revere and William Dawes – rode through towns warning people with these words,

          "The British are coming!"

• Paul Revere was also a famous silversmith

George Washington – supreme commander of the American troops, famous for these words, "We have…to resolve to conquer or die"

Hessians – German soldiers hired by George III to fight the Americans

Minutemen – men prepared to fight at a minute’s notice

British soldiers nicknames – "lobster-backs" and "redcoats"

Patriots – American colonists who wanted independence from England

Tories – American colonists who remained loyal to the king of England

Facts to know

Boston Tea Party – after British taxes had been removed except the tax on tea, fifty colonists dressed like Indians and threw the tea into the Boston Harbor to show the king their anger at his taxes

Boston Massacre – a fight between angry colonists and British soldiers where five colonists were killed

Declaration of Independence – a paper signed on July 4, 1776, and sent to the king of England to let him know the colonists wanted to be a free country, no longer under his control

Stamp Act – a law stating that all colonists must pay a tax by buying a seal or stamp to put on all newspapers, marriage certificates, and other documents

Geography

Bunker Hill – where Americans proved they would be hard to beat, they dug trenches for protection

Saratoga – place known as the turning point of the war, this battle showed that the Americans could win

Trenton – place the Hessians were defeated on Christmas

Valley Forge – place where the Continental Army spent a hard winter (1777 – 1778)

Yorktown – place where the British surrendered to the Americans

Bay – a part of a body of water that reaches into the land, usually with a wide opening

Channel – a deep, narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water

Delta – land deposited at the mouth of a river

Gulf – a part of an ocean that reaches into the land, generally with a narrower opening than a bay

Lake – an inland body of water that is usually fresh

Plain – flat or level area of land

River – natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or another river

Source – where a river begins

Valley – a lowland between hills or mountains