Megaflash Final Exam Study Guide

Megaflash – Writing/Grammar Final Exam Study Guide

1. Know how to spell vocabulary from the Megaflash book, and know what each word is/means. The words will be mixed up. Example. dcDmeere => December.

adjective, verb, noun, proper noun, common noun, adverb, days of the week, months of the year, apostrophe, compound word, preposition, contraction, past-tense, present-tense

2. Be able to write a present tense sentence in the past-tense. Be able to correct mistakes with spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, in a sentence.

Ex. I’m going to shool and talking with wendys frend.

3. Be able to answer TRUE or FALSE questions.

Baby is a compound word. _False_

Sad is an adjective. True____

4. Know how to make nouns plural. Church=>Churches

5. Know all prepositions and be able to make a sentence looking at a picture.

6. Change these sentences into PAST-TENSE and PLURAL.

Example: I’m watching the duck play in the water.

7. Write sentences with CONTRACTIONS and an ADVERB. Add a VERB, ADJECTIVE and COMMON NOUN of your own.

Ex: (She is) (wonderfully) She’s walking to a beautiful park wonderfully.

Oral/Vocabulary Final Exam Study Guide

Study Guide for Oral/Vocabulary Final Exam

Know what these words mean, and how to spell them:

impolite

disrespect

nonfiction

advertisement

education

relaxation

recipe

ingredients

worrying

flavor

horrible

apostrophe

certificate

scientist

organized

sequence

peaceful

pyramid

ancient

equator

continent

precocious

classify

supercalifragilisticexpial-idocious

enormous

memorize

nutrition

population

popular

brought

Be able to arrange these sentences in proper order if they are mixed up:

Example: invented paper The beer Egyptians farming=>The Egyptians invented…

1. The Egyptians invented farming, paper, and beer.

2. The earth has seven continents and four oceans.

3. What ingredients do we need for this recipe?

4. Humans are at the top of the earth’s food chain.

5. Do you have any plan for the weekend?

6. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

7. Respect your classroom like you would respect your home.

8. Do you think this food has enough flavor?

9. Here’s a little song I wrote, You might want to sing it note for note, Don’t Worry, Be Happy!

10. Friends are like flowers. They need water, sunlight, and soil rich with minerals to grow.

11. What is your favorite website on the world wide web?

12. Ralph Baer was the first computer programmer to invent a video game.

13. Amphibians can live in the water and on land. They are usually born in the water.

14. Excuse me, can you tell me the directions to KISQ?

15. Some people think aliens built the pyramids.

Weekly Newsletter #15

Friday, June 15th, 2007

Dear Parents,

Now that we are in the final weeks of June, it is time to prepare for Final Exams. The students will have to complete four exams: Spelling/Vocabulary, Writing/Grammar, Reading/Comprehension, and Science.

These exams will focus mainly on the materials we have learned since the mid-term exams, but will include some items from the beginning of the year as well. I will give the students study sheets at the beginning of next week.

This week has been busy, and the students learned a lot of new material. I am happy with their interest level. Geography is interesting to them, as are the studies about Egypt.

Today’s good news is that class 3-1 did very well in the KISQ IED Spelling Bee. 12 students competed from grades 3 and 4, and the wonderful news is that our three girls, Jenny, Vicky, and Sally, did very well. Jenny was the champion! Congratulations to Jenny! Our class has very good spellers. ^ ^

As many parents already know, our class has recently experienced some social problems. Mrs. Choi and I have always made a consistent effort to fix these problems, and we continue to keep a careful eye on how the students interact and treat each other. We try to encourage all students to maintain Christian attitudes, and to examine their behavior. Some days in our class are not so good, but very few are bad. Most days are happy, and this week ended on a positive note. Things are improving. For next week’s Daily English, I want to introduce some positive messages, and this one is my favorites:

“Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.”

I hope we all can keep this message in mind, as it is important to treat others how we would like to be treated. Respect, sympathy, and individual leadership are things I want the students to try and achieve.

Next Friday there will be no school due to the KISQ Anniversary, so I hope students use this time to study at home for the exams.

Reading/Comprehension

We read the fiction story “From Seed to Plant” which was very similar to what we studied about plants in science. However, it is a bit difficult to read. We are nearly finished our reading book, and I hope to find a new one to order for next semester. For the Reading/Comprhension exam, I will be using two stories: “Hedgehog Bakes a Cake” and “Lemonade for Sale.” Students can begin to review these stories.

Oral/Vocabulary

This week we didn’t study a pop song, and instead focused on geography and Egypt. The students continue to score very high in Weekly Spelling and Daily English.

Writing/Grammar

We had a simple Megaflash “quiz” rather than an official test this week. We studied prepositions and compound words. I will combine these with the final exam.

Geogaphy/History

Students should now know all of the oceans and continents in the world, and be able to spell and label a map. I will test them on this next week. We will continue to learn more facts about Egypt. Since these are not in a book but in handouts that I make, they will always be uploaded to the website. If you are having problems looking at the website, use www.unblockall.net first.

Here are the words for Weekly Spelling next week. These focus on geography and Egypt.

Spelling List

1. language

2. population

3. capital city

4. Arabic

5. climate

6. culture

7. festival

8. survive

9. history

10. sympathy

11. empathy

12. leadership

13. desert

14. nutrition

15. ripen

16. orchard

17. morals

18. explore

19. earth

20. constellation

This weeks Daily English focuses on good behavior, and Egypt:

1. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

2. Friends are like flowers. They need water, sunlight, and soil rich with minerals to grow.

3. To everything, turn, turn, turn, there is a season.

4. Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow.

5. The pyramids were built to match the star constellation Orion.

6. It took more than 80 years and 30,000 workers to finish building the pyramids.

7. Some people think aliens built the pyramids.

8. I promise to be kind to my classmates.

9. I promise to try my best.

10. Respect your classroom like you would respect your home.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Regards,

Mr. Garrioch

Continents and Oceans of the World

Next week there will be a test on these. Make sure you know the spelling and locations of the 7 continents and 4 oceans. Also, remember that the "equator" divides the earth in half.

All About Egypt

Fill in the blanks with these words:


Cairo Africa eighty population million capital Arabic hot language dry desert Nile

Egypt is a very big country in the continent of ________. The _________ city is _________. Egypt has a _____________ of more than _______ _________ people (80,000,000). The _________ in Egypt is ____________. Egypt’s weather is very _______ and ______, because it is mostly in the __________. Most people in Egypt live close to the ________ River, because it is the best place to grow food.

The Byrds - "Turn! Turn! Turn!"

To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose, under heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose, under heaven

A time to build up,a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together

To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose, under heaven

A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing

To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose, under heaven

A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time to love, a time to hate
A time for peace, I swear its not too late

Weekly Newsletter #14

Friday, June 8th, 2007

Dear Parents,

With the camp finished, and the final month of June underway, I am hoping to make the remaining weeks before vacation good ones. I think the camp was a success, and I want to thank all the mothers who contributed their time and effort to our delicious dinner. Mrs. Choi and I feel blessed to have such a good PTA. As well, our performance at the talent show was very well received by students and teachers who watched. Good job students!

This week was busy. We had our science test, and I was very impressed with the high scores. I think the students enjoyed studying animals, and learned the information well.

Since we are basically finished the science book, I have chosen to use the time for a mix of Social Studies, Geography, and History instead. I allowed the students to vote on what subject interested them, and they decided to study Egypt and the ancient pyramids. This topic will supplement our regular studies until vacation.

Next week, on Friday the 15^th, the IED will hold a “Spelling Bee.” This is a competition where students are given words to spell orally, and they must avoid elimination by spelling the words correctly. Based on weekly spellings scores, I chose Vicky, Sally, and Jenny to represent class 3-1.

The weeks ahead are going to be very busy, and Final Exams are coming up. Students should begin to review with their tutors.

Again, the Chinese government is blocking access to blog websites, and you might not be able to see our class website without a proxy server. If you have problems, go to:

www.bypassproxy.net and then type in the class website address at:

www.3-1kisq.blogspot.com

I have given students many handout papers lately, and notice some students are not putting them in their Clear-File folders. I will be giving out many handouts in the final month (many regarding the study of Egypt), so please make sure your children are staying organized and keeping their papers in order.

Reading/Comprehension

We read the fiction story “Lemonade for Sale,” which was about starting a small business and marketing. The story dealt with a “bar graph,” so I had students make their own graphs to survey other students with a question of their choice.

Oral/Vocabulary

The pop song for this week was “Turn! Turn! Turn!” by The Byrds. I will post a video on the website. This week we did not have Daily English due to the Science test and some schedule problems.

Writing/Grammar

The students rewrote their Megaflash test last week, and improved a great deal. We are quickly progressing through this book, and will have another test next week for Unit 5. It will not be as difficult as the last one.

Science

The students have studied plants and animals, and the book is finished. Rather than continue to study science as our elective English subject, I am going to change to a mix of Geography, Social Studies, and History through studying Egypt. I will use resources from the internet.

Here are the words for Weekly Spelling next week. These focus on geography and Egypt.

Spelling List

1. equator

2. continent

3. dynasty

4. longitude

5. latitude

6. mummy

7. pyramid

8. Cairo

9. Egyptian

10. Sphinx

11. ancient

12. pharaoh

13. Nile River

14. South America

15. Antarctica

16. Europe

17. Asia

18. Australia

19. Pacific Ocean

20. Atlantic Ocean

This weeks Daily English focuses on our camp, and Egypt:

1. The best thing about camp was __________________________.

2. At camp, I went to sleep at (time) and woke up at (time). I had a (adjective) sleep.

3. My favorite game at camp was _________________.

4. At the beach, I _________________________.

5. The Egyptian pyramids are the largest man-made things on earth.

6. The Egyptian dynasty was more than 3000 years old.

7. The Egyptians invented farming, paper, and beer.

8. The earth has seven continents and four oceans.

9. The equator divides the earth in half.

10. Cairo is the capital city of Egypt.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Regards,

Mr. Garrioch

Did you like the websites we saw in class? You can find them at StumbleUpon.com

Dear Students,

Do you know what "random" means? When we spin a dice, it lands on a random number. Sometimes "random" things are interesting, and can be an amazing suprise.

Similar to Google, StumbleUpon.com is a new toolbar you can download. It only takes you to popular websites that many other people like. Nothing boring is allowed! You can learn many interesting things with this, and you can choose the kinds of websites it will take you to.

Just push the "Stumble!" button.

Download the program here:

www.stumbleupon.com

You will have to make a free account with a password.

Good luck! Here are some of the websites we saw in class:

Talking Monkeys!
Where's Waldo??
Make your own snowflake!
This rabbit thinks your mouse is his prey!
Do you want to be an artist?
Jump rope!
Don't try this at home...
What's your favorite color?