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Trimester 1

L.5.1 Language Conventions

September

October

November

Coordinating conjunctions:

And

But

Or

So

Subordinating conjunction:

Because

Before

During

While

Although

Unless

Correlative conjunctions:

Whether...or

Neither...nor

Either...or

Both...and

Not only...but also

Prepositions:

Of

On

Under

About

In

Through

Up

For

To

By

Interjections

Oh no!

Wow!

Well

Oops

Oh

Hey

Yay

Whew!

Verb tenses:

Present, Past, Future

Verbs: Perfect tense

Had ___

Have ___

Will have ___

Verbs: Past Irregular: bought, sold, broke, became, sang, went

Verbs: Progressive

Present progressive: is ___ing

Past progressive: was ___ing

Future progressive: will be ___ing

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Trimester 1

L.5.4 Vocabulary

September

October

November

Using context clues

Definition

Cause/Effect

Comparison

Greek and Latin Roots

chron: “time”

dict: ‘say, speak”

graph: “write”

photo: “light”

port: “carry, bear”

rupt: “break”

scrib/script: “write”

spec/spect: “look”

Greek and Latin Affixes

co-: “with”

contra-: “against”

syn-: “same, together”

-able, -ible: “able to, worthy of”

-sis: “action, process”

-ity: “having the quality of”

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Trimester 2

L.5.2 Punctuation

January

February

March

Commas and series

A comma should be used after each of the items in a series. The final comma comes before the conjunction.

Put a comma before “and” or “or.”

Commas and introductory phrases

Use a comma (,) to set off an introductory word or phrase from the rest of the sentence.

Use a comma after a dependent clause that comes at the beginning of the sentence.

Use a comma after a prepositional phrase that comes at the beginning of a sentence.

Commas and tag questions.

Use a comma to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence.

This is a big game for us, isn’t it?

Commas and direct address

When a noun of direct address comes in the middle of a sentence, put a comma before and after the name.

Titles

Use quotation marks (“”) around the titles of short works, such as stories, poems, songs, articles and chapters of books.

When writing by hand, underline the titles of longer works such as books, magazines, newspapers, plays, and movies. If you are using a computer, show these titles in italic type.

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Trimester 2

L.5.5 Figurative Language and Word Relationships

January

February

March

Metaphors

Similes with as

Similes with like

Idioms

Adages and Proverbs

Synonyms

Antonyms

Homographs