5th grade: Vocabulary exam guide 2nd Bimester 2011

For this exam we need to study all words from the stories: 

Storytown: The night of San Juan, When the circus came to town, When Washington crossed the Delaware, Leonardo’s horse and The secret ingredient.
Here is a link to the online version of our book: Storytown, Ride the edge

Also study the words we researched in the Unit of inquiry “Sharing the planet”

Such as adaptation, green house gas, natural region, camouflage, tundra, dessert, jungle, longitude, latitude, equator, environment, endemic, pollution, flora, fauna, etc.

And finally the words from Challanges:

Alien, fairy, ghost, hobbit, mermaid, sea monster, vampire, witch, yeti and zombie. For these make an illustration of each and write which adjectives you’d use to describe each one.

 Adjectives:

Dangerous, dark, dirty, enormous, giant, hairy, horrible, huge, large, long, scary and tall.

In the Papillon story we used words such as: crime, arrest, criminal, murder, escape, guilty, prison, rob and thief.

And don’t forget the senses: hear, see, smell, taste and touch.

5th grade: Spelling exam guide 2nd Bimester 2011

For this exam we need to study all words from lessons 6 through 9.

Simply go over the related words and the drawings then choose the 20 you find most difficult or confusing and write the definitions and related words on a separate piece of paper.

5th grade Writing exam guide 2nd Bimester 2011

For this guide write a summary, in your own words, of what you've learnt during the "Sharing the planet" unit of inquiry.

Make sure you include some of the info gathered in:
-The "Water" movie
-Explain what is a "greenhouse gas" and the "green house effect"
-What you remember from your SEP book.
-Anything else you wish to include.

Write between 100 and 200 words.

5th grade Grammar exam guide 2nd Bimester 2011

Try solving this on line exercise, no need to print it.
On line exercise

Simple Past

Instructions: Complete each sentence using the verb in parenthesis in the Simple Past :

When Abby (be) __________(1) seven years old, she (do, not, like) _______ _______ _______(2) piano lessons. She (do, not, like) _______ _______ ________(3) to practise, and sometimes she even (cry) _______(4) when it (be) _______(5) time to practise. Finally, she (stop) _______(6) taking lessons.
Some of Abby's friends (do, not, quit) _______ _______ _______(7) their lessons. They (continue) _______(8) to play. After much practise, they (learn) _______(9) to play very well.
About ten years (pass) _______(10) before Abby (become) _______(11) interested in music or the piano again. After she (graduate) _______ (12) from high school, Abby (decide) _______(13) that she (want) _______(14) to study music in college. She (call) _______(15) the lady who (teach) _______(16) her when she (be) _______(17) a little girl. The lady (say) _______(18) she would teach Abby again.
The lady (need) _______(19) someone to help her daughter with homework. Abby (say) _______(20) she would help with homework in exchange for lessons. Because of this, the piano lessons (cost) _______(21) her nothing!
She (work) _______(22) very hard to catch up. Now she is making good progress. Soon she will go to college, majoring in music.

Past Continuous

Instructions: Complete each sentence using the verb in parenthesis in the Past Continuous:

Tim is a firefighter. One Sunday, he (spend) _______ _______ (1) some time at home with his family. He (play) _______ _______ (2) a game with two of his daughters.
Tim noticed that his cell phone (ring) _______ _______ (3), and that the fire alarm downtown (blare) ______ ______(4), too. He (not, feel) ______ _______ ______ (5) anxious to go put out a fire, but he went anyway.
While Tim (race) _______ _______ (6) to the fire in his red pick-up truck, he heard
on his police radio that a trailer (burn) _______ _______(7), and that a small boy (sleep) _______ _______ (8) in one of its bedrooms. His mother could not get him out.
At the scene, policemen and firefighters (run) ______ _______ (9) and yelling.
Most of the trailer (already, burn) _______ _______ _______ (10) by that time. Tim said he would go in through a bedroom window to get the boy. He (not, think) _______ _______ _______ (11) about his own safety at all. He wore a mask to
protect against the smoke.
When Tim reached the boy, it appeared that the boy (still, breathe) _______
_______ _______ (12). Tim put his own mask on the boy and handed him out the window to the other firefighters. By the time Tim got out of the window, he (not, breathe) _______ _______ _______ (13) well on his own, and had to go to the hospital.
Tim got an award for bravery from the City Council at its next meeting. The members knew he (put) _______ _______ (14) his life at risk when he went into that
trailer.

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in parentheses in simple past tense or past continuous tense.
e.g.: The teenagers (joke) were joking (past progressive tense) around in the hallway when the principle (tell) told (simple past tense) them to go to class.
e.g.: The sisters (plan) were planning (past progressive tense) a family reunion for spring, but their brother (do, not, want) did not want simple past tense) to attend.1) Claudia (learn) ______ _______ to be a chef when she (win) _________ a national recipe contest.
2) Aaron (enjoy) _______ _______ the old car show so much, he (do, not, remember) _______ ______ _______ that he had an appointment.
3) The band members (play) _______ _______ a concert when Adrienne's clarinet (squeak) __________. She (feel) __________ embarrassed.
4) The Apollo 13 astronauts (prepare) _______ _______ to land on the moon when
they (discover) __________ a problem with the spaceship. Unfortunately, they(do, not, land) ______ ______ _______.
5) Caroline (try) _______ _______ to find a job in Portland when she (hear)
_________about a great opportunity in Orlando.
6) You (sail) _______ _______ near Barbados when your ship (strike) __________
a sand bar; you (do, not, like) _______ ______ _______ waiting for help to come.
7) Cody and Matthew (sit) ______ _______ on a rocky ledge when a snake
(crawl)__________ out of its hole nearby. They (do, not, see) _______
_______ _______ it until it (get) ________ very close to them.
8) Sue (take) _______ _______ her medicine just as the doctor (order)
_______ when he (decide) ____________ to add another drug to her plan.
9) The Johnsons (tour) _______ _______ the Mediterranean when they (call) __________
us last November. They (do, not, want) _______ _______ _______ to come home.
10) I (look) _______ _______ for information about my ancestors when I (find)
_________ that some of them (be) _______ aboard the Mayflower.

Listening Comp. Exam guide

For this one, simply write the answers on a separate piece of paper and bring it in to class. QUESTIONS:

1. According to the black cat, how often does Bolt (the dog) leave the movie set?
  a.)Two times a week
  b.)Never
  c.)Once a month

2. Are the cats really evil?
  a.)No, they're just pretending to be evil to have fun with Bolt
  b.)Yes
  c.)The skinny one is evil, but the fat one isn't

3. Who is the cats' boss?
  a.)The "green man"
  b.)The "green eyed man"
  c.)Bolt

4. The black cat thinks that Bolt's message to the "green eyed man" _____________________.
  a.)is too long
  b.)is not very nice
  c.)is not necessary

5. What does the term "she's a goner" mean?
  a.)She is not around
  b.)She is not reliable
  c.)She's doomed

5th grade Reading Comp. 2nd Bimester exam guide 2011

To print this: simply "copy + paste" ... I know some of you are very good at this!  ;-)

 

Legend of the Mermaid

by Kelly Hashway

We’ve all heard of mermaids. They are the beautiful half-human, half-fish creatures that live in
the sea. They have the head and torso of a human and the tail of a fish. We also know that mermaids
only exist in fairy tales. But where did all the stories about these creatures come from? If you have ever
seen a manatee, then you might have an idea.

Manatees, which are also called sea cows, are mammals that live in the ocean. Since they are
mammals, they have to swim up to the surface to breathe air. Many people believe that the legend
of the mermaid began with sailors who witnessed the manatees popping their heads out of the water
to breathe. Because manatees are upright when they do this, it can look like they are standing. If a
sailor saw a manatee doing this from far away across the ocean, it is possible that the sailor would
mistake the manatee for a creature that is half-human, half-fish.

Mermaids are described as having long flowing hair. This is probably because manatees like to
swim up to the surface of the water in areas where there is seaweed. Manatees eat all kinds of
vegetation, including sea grass. The seaweed surrounding the manatee’s head when they eat could
give the impression of long hair.

Manatees also have powerful tails that are very similar to the fish-like tail of a mermaid. Sailors
probably watched manatees come up for air and then swim back below the surface, using their
paddle-shaped tails. This would explain why sailors thought mermaids had fish-like tails.
Another similarity between the manatee and the mermaid is how they hold their
young. Manatees cradle their babies in their flippers just like people hold their children in
their arms. So it is easy to see human traits in manatees and how they just might have
led to the legend of the mermaid.

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Instructions: Answer the following questions:

1. What is a manatee?
a. a large, gray fish that lives in the ocean
b. a large, gray fish that lives in lakes
c. a large, gray mammal that lives in the ocean
d. another word for mermaid

2. Three Motives Ancient Sailors had to Mistake Manatees for Mermaids
I ________________________________________________________________________________
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II ________________________________________________________________________________
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III ________________________________________________________________________________
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3. Why would the way manatees hold their babies make it "easy to see human traits in manatees"?
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4. What is the theme of the article?
a. Manatees are really beautiful women.
b. Manatees may be the origin of the legend of the Mermaids.
c. Sharing interesting information about manatees.
d. Ancient sailors drank too much wine

Reading 2nd Bimester Exam guide

For this exam the subjects will be: Character actions, Character qualities, Character Motives and Story theme.

On a separate piece of paper write in your own words what each of these means.
Check back tomorrow to get the activity linked to this Focus skill.

See you tomorrow!

P.s. : If you need help go to the story town link in the "link list" on the right and look at Theme 2 stories 6 and 7.