Grammar Study Guide
Week 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
1. Study the corrections in all ten DOL sentences.
2. Fact/Opinion
Fact- Statement that can be proven.
Example- I am in the fourth grade.
Opinion- Statement that someone believes to be true.
Example: Cats are the best pets.
3. Prefixes/Suffixes-
Prefixes- Word part that is added to the beginning of the word.
Example: unhappy
Suffixes- Word part that is added to the end of the word.
Example: hopeless
Prefixes and suffixes change the meaning of the word.
4.
Exclamatory sentences-show great emotion and end with an
exclamation point.
Example: I can’t wait to go home!
5. Sources of Information-
Atlas- Book of maps (street, world, country, continent)
Thesaurus- Synonym book
Encyclopedia- Book of general information about a subject.
Dictionary- Where you can find the definition, part of speech, spelling of a
word.
Webpage or Website- Most current or updated information about a certain
place or item.
Almanac- Annual publication with information about a variety of things from
that particular year.
Grammar Study Guide
Week 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
1. Study the corrections in all ten DOL sentences.
2. Compound Words
Words that are made of 2 or more words used as one word. Some are
written as a single word, some as two or more words, and some are written
with hyphens.
Example: grandfather, living room, make-believe
3. Homophones-
Words that sound the same but differ in spelling and meaning.
Example: to, too, two or knight, night
.
4. Declarative sentences-A sentence that tells something…a statement.
Ends with a period.
Example: The cat has orange stripes.
6. Parts of a Book-
Table of Contents- list of chapters, page numbers; not in ABC order.
Glossary-Mini-Dictionary located at the back of a book. ABC order. Words
are from that particular book.
Index- List of topics from that particular book; ABC order; located at the
back of the book.
Title Page- located at the front of the book; lists the title, author and/or
illustrator, publishing information.
Preface/Appendix- The “extra” parts. Preface is found at the beginning;
can carry a note from the author. Appendix is at the back; can carry all of
the parts found in the back of the book.
Grammar Study Guide
Week 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
1. Study the corrections in all ten DOL sentences.
2. SynonymsWords that have nearly the same meaning.
Example: large/huge or quick/fast
3. Nouns- Name of a person, place or thing. Common nouns name
any person, place, or thing. Examples: dog, park, boy
Proper nouns name a particular person, place or thing.
Examples: Austin, Quail Run, Susie
4. Interrogative sentences-A sentence that asks something—a
question. It ends with a question mark. (?)
Example: Have you fastened your seatbelt?
5. Preposition- is a word that indicates the relationship between a
noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence; usually will
will show direction.
Examples: above, under, over, across, along, around, before,
behind, beneath, between, onto, underneath, through, near.
Our dog hides under the porch when it rains.
Grammar Study Guide
Week 4, 11, 18, 25, 32
1. Study the corrections in all ten DOL sentences.
2. AntonymsWords that have opposite meanings.
Example: dark/light or stop/start
3. VerbA word that can show action. Also called a predicate.
Example: dig, run, tell
4. Imperative sentences-A sentence that tells someone to do
something…very bossy; a command. It ends with a period.
Example: Jim, take the dog for a walk.
5. Prepositional Phrase- Begins with a preposition, and it will end
end with a noun or pronoun. It can also end with a modifier,
then the noun or pronoun.
Example: The dog hides under the porch when it rains.
Grammar Study Guide
Week 5, 12, 19, 26, 33
1. Study the corrections
in all ten DOL sentences.
2. Adjective-A word that describes or gives more information about a noun. It
may tell what kind or how many. It often comes before the noun it describes.
Example: Two dogs played in the yard.
We have a large, friendly dog.
3. Simple subject-
The main word or name that tells exactly whom or what
the sentence is about. A simple subject has one main word.
Example: Diane plays on the soccer team.
The dog is in the yard.
4. Compound subject-Two or more subjects in the same sentence.
Example: Teachers and students eat in the lunchroom.
Dogs and cats are sweet.
5. Poetic Devices-
Idiom- has a different meaning than the “dictionary”
meaning. Example: It’s raining cats and dogs! This
does not mean we have cats and dogs falling from the
sky. It means it is raining VERY hard outside.
Simile- Compares two things using the words like or as.
Example: Kyle is as fast as a cheetah.
Metaphor- Compares two things. Example: Kyle is a cheetah!
Hyperbole-a complete exaggeration. Example: This bookbag
weighs a ton.
Patterns- Rhyme patterns in poetry. AABB pattern means
that lines 1 and 2 rhyme with each other, while lines 3
and 4 rhyme with each other, but not with 1 and 2.
Grammar Study Guide
Week 6, 13, 20, 27, 34
1. Study the corrections in all ten DOL sentences.
2. PronounTakes the place of one or more nouns.
Example: I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it, we, us, you,
they, them
She gave Sally a book.
It was about cats.
3. Simple PredicateTells what the subject does or is. It is the one main word
that tells what the subject does.
Example: They work in teams of ten.
The camp opens every summer.
4. Compound predicate-Two or more predicates in the same
sentence.
Example: The girls ran and skipped down the block.
5. Analogy- A similarity between like features of two things.
Example: big : ________ :: right : wrong
Answer: small or little
Grammar Study Guide
Week 7, 14, 21, 28, 35
1. Study the corrections in all ten DOL sentences.
2.
Adverbs- can describe a verb. It gives us more information about an action
verb or a form of the verb to be. They may tell how, when, or where and often
end in –ly.
Examples: carefully, sadly, upstairs
All the children were upstairs.
I walked carefully down the stairs.
3. Contractions-
Combined form of two words. An apostrophe (‘) takes the place of any
missing letters. Example: could not= couldn’t
she will= she’ll
4. Compound sentence-Two sentences combined in one sentence. A comma and
the word “and” “but” or “or” are used to combine the sentence.
Example: Fred dropped the glass. It did not break. = Fred dropped the
glass, but it did not break.
5. Literature GenresBiography or Autobiography- Biography is a book about a
person, written by someone else; Autobiography is a book
about a person, written by that person.
Mystery or Adventure- Mystery will have clues and evidence
to solve the mystery; Adventure will have breathtaking
action.
Fiction or Non-Fiction- Fiction = fake; Non-Fiction = not fake.
Realistic Fiction- Could happen in real life, but isn’t a true
story.
Historical Fiction- Events and places are true and factual,
however the story itself is not true.