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 |
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” |
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. |
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 |