4th Grade Reading and Language Skills Review

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4th GradeReading and Language SkillsReview
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What is the difference between a prefix and a
suffix

• Prefix
• Comes BEFORE the root word
• Suffix
• Comes AFTER the root word

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Prefix Meaning

• un-
• re-
• vis-

not again to see
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Suffix Meaning

• - able likely to be
• - er one who
• - less without
• - ful full of
• Can you think of words
• with these suffixes?

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Synonyms and Antomyms

• What are synonyms?
• Words that mean the same
• Example difficult and hard
• What are antonyms?
• Words that are opposite
• Example difficult and easy

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Fact and Opinion

• What is a fact?
• A statement that is true and can be proven.
• Example
• Mrs. Permar was born in New Jersey.
• _______________________________________
• What is an opinion?
• A statement that tells how someone feels or what
  they think about something. It can NOT be
  proven.
• Example
• Mrs. Permars fourth grade class is the best!

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Homophones and Homographs

• What are homophones?
• Words that are spelled differently but sound the
  same
• Example wood and would
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  _____
• What are homographs?
• Words that are spelled the same but have
  different meanings
• Examples desert, close, lives

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Lets Review Reading SkillsWe Learned This Year

• Main Idea and Details
• The main idea is the most important idea of a
  selection.
• Details are pieces of information that tell more
  about the main idea.

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Lets Review Reading SkillsWe Learned This Year

• Compare and Contrast
• Compare
• How two things are the same
• Contrast
• How two things are different

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Lets Review Reading SkillsWe Learned This Year

• Cause and Effect
• Cause An action or event that makes something
  happen.
• Effect What happens as a result of an action or
  event.
• It was hot outside, so I took off my jacket.
• (cause) (effect)

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Lets Review Reading SkillsWe Learned This Year

• Sequence of Events
• The order in which events happen.
• Can you think of examples of sequence (or time
  order) words?
• first, next, then, finally, tomorrow

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Lets Review Reading SkillsWe Learned This Year

• Paraphrasing
• When you retell what an author said
• in your OWN words
• without changing the meaning.
• Paraphrase this
• Grandpa looked out the window and said, I
  think I see a tornado coming. Grandma, Little
  Sue, Mary, and Mama ran to a safe part of the
  house for cover.

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Lets Review Reading SkillsWe Learned This Year

• Authors Purpose
• The reason why an author wrote something.
• What are the three main
• purposes for writing?
• 1. inform 2. entertain 3. persuade

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Library Reference Sources

• Thesaurus
• Use to find a synonym/antonym.
• Encyclopedia
• Use to find general information about a topic.
• Almanac
• Use to find facts about places, people, weather,
  history, sports, and events.
• Atlas
• Use if you need to know where a place is.

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Sentences

• Simple Sentence
• A group of words that tells a complete thought
  with one subject and one predicate.
• Compound Sentence
• Sentence made up of two or more simple sentences,
  usually with and, or, or but.
• Complex Sentence
• Sentence made up of an independent clause (can
  stand alone as a sentence) and at least one
  dependent clause (can NOT stand alone as a
  sentence).

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Parts of Speech

• Pronoun
• A word that takes the place of one or more nouns.
• Subject Pronoun
• Takes the place of one or more nouns in the
  subject of a sentence.
• Examples I, you, he, she, it, we, they
• Object Pronoun
• Pronoun that follows an action verb.
• Examples me, you, him, her, it, us, them

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Parts of Speech

• Adjective
• Word that describes
• a noun or a pronoun.
• What are the adjectives in this sentence?
• Two tired, hungry men visited the
• old woman.

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Parts of Speech

• Action Verb
• Word that expresses action or being.
• What is the action verb in this sentence?
• The car raced down the long highway.
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ______________
• Helping Verb
• Works with the main verb to tell about an action.
  It comes BEFORE the main verb.
• What is the helping verb in this sentence?
• They have seen her beautiful beach house!

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Parts of Speech

• Linking Verb
• Connects the subject
• to a word in the predicate.
• What is the linking verb in this sentence?
• My best friend is on vacation
• in Disney World.

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Parts of Speech

• Present-Tense Verb
• Verb that shows the action is happening now.
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________________
• Past-Tense Verb
• Verb that shows the action happened in the past.
  Add d or ed to a regular verb to form a past
  tense verb.
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  _____________________________________
• Future-Tense Verb
• Verb that shows the action will happen in the
  future. Add the helping verb WILL with the main
  verb to form the future tense verb.

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Parts of Speech

• Adverb
• Word that describes a verb.
• It tells where, when, or how about a verb.
• Adverbs usually end with ly.
• What is the adverb in this sentence?
• One hundred trees in the forest fell instantly.

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CONGRATULATIONS

• You have just completed the reading and language
  skills review!