Q4 Final Exam Schedule and Study Guides

Here are the study guides for your viewing. The students also received them on paper.

Specialty Classes

Tuesday, May 16^th – Christian Living – Morning

                                                 

Wednesday, May 17^th  – PE – Morning

- Chinese - Afternoon                  

                                                               

Thursday, May 18^th      – Music – Morning

Friday, May 19^th  - Computers - Afternoon

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Major Exams

May 15^th-19^th – Reading and Phonics (Oral Exam)

Friday, May 19^th   – Reading/Phonics (Book report presentation)

                     - Reading/Phonics (Written Exam)

Monday, May 22^nd  – Social Studies *

  - Language Arts/Spelling *

Tuesday, May 23^rd – Science *

                                  - Math *    

                     

* Exams will be in the morning, with a study break in between.  Students will be dismissed to go home at 11:45am. 

Reading and Phonics Study Guide Q4

There will be 2 parts to the Final Exam mark:

1)   Book Report Project presentation - May 19, 2017

2)  Written exam – May 19, 2017

Book Report Project:

-      Please refer to your booklet for the rubric and expectations.

Written Exam Key Points to Study:

1)   Vocabulary and comprehension questions will come from the stories:

a)   The Chocolate Touch – thirsty, nervous, selfish, greedy

b)  Aero and Officer Mike – lying, loyal, partners, shift, quiver, patrol, ability, snap

c)   Jump! – championship, competitor, entire, court, rooting, athlete, power, professional

d)  Young Thomas Edison – invention, experiment, laboratory, genius, gadget, electric, signal, occasional

Language Arts and Spelling Study Guide Q4

1)   Exam will be on Monday, May 22, 2017.

Key Points to Study:

-      Homophones (they’re, their, there, it’s, its, hear, here, etc.)

-      Idioms

-      Writing a research report – know how to write supporting details for the main idea

Unit 5: Capitalization and Punctuation

1)   Correct Sentences

2)  Capitalizing Proper Nouns

3)  Capitalizing Other Nouns

4)  Abbreviations

5)  Book Titles

6)  Introductory Words

7)  Commas in a Series

8)  Quotation Marks

9)  More About Quotation Marks

Spelling Words

1)   Please be familiar with the spelling words from March 24 – May 19

2)  Proofreading sentences. There will be words from the Spelling Tests in a paragraph you will proofread.

Social Studies Exam Study Guide Q4

Social Studies Exam will be on Monday, May 22, 2017

Key Vocabulary:

Chapter 7

Lesson 1 – needs, wants, abundance, scarcity, value

Lesson 2 – goods, services, producer, consumer, profit

Lesson 3 – trade, barter, supply, demand, free market

Lesson 4 – savings, spending, budget

My Future Booklet

– salary, earn, expenses, costs, donations, taxes, advertise

Key Points to Focus on:

Chapter 7

-       What is the difference between needs and wants?

-       Give examples of abundance and scarcity

-       Know how to make a choice based on your values

-       Communities make choices

-       Know what goods and services you use

-       How are producers and consumers related or how do they need each other?

-       What does it take to make a profit?

-       Know the difference between a trade and barter, and how early settlers used to barter

-       Be able to explain supply and demand and how they affect the price of goods and services

-       Explain how you can spend and save money

-       Know why using a budget is helpful

My Future Booklet

-       Remember how you and your group had a business, advertised and sold products.

-       Describe the supply and demand of your businesses.

-       How could your company make more profits?

Math Exam Study Guide Q4

Math Exam will be on Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Here are the main points/lessons of what you should study:

Chapter 13 – Customary Measurement

1, 2) Measure to the nearest inch and half inch

Chapter 14 – Metric Measurement

1)    Estimate and measure length in centimeters (cm) and decimeters (dm)

2)   Estimate and measure length in meters (cm) and kilometers (km)

3)    Estimate and measure capacity in liters (L) and milliliters (mL)

5)    Estimate and measure mass in grams (g) and kilograms (kg)

Chapter 15 – Plane and Solid Figures

1)    Identify lines, line segments, rays and angles

2)   Classify plane figures

3)    Classify triangles

4)    Classify quadrilaterals

Chapter 17 – Perimeter, Area, and Volume

1, 2) Estimate and measure perimeter

3, 4) Estimate and measure area

Chapter 18 – Fraction Concepts

     1, 2) Fractions and regions and groups

3)  Fractional parts of a group

5, 6) Model and find equivalent fractions

Chapter 19 – Work with Fractions

     1, 2) Compare and order fractions

*There will be problem solving questions that could be from each Chapter as well.

Science Exam Study Sheet Q4

Science Exam will be on Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Please study:

Unit 8 – Earth and its Moon

Key vocabulary – axis, rotation, revolution, tides,

Also, please remember:

Ø The earth rotates and causes changes in our days

Ø Why do we have seasons?

Ø Phases of the moon

Ø Reason for high and low tides

Unit 9 – Matter

Key vocabulary – matter, physical property, mass, volume, temperature, solid, liquid, gas, evaporation, condensation, physical change, mixture, solution, dissolve, chemical change

Also, please remember:

Ø What are some physical properties?

Ø How can you measure temperature, volume, mass?

Ø There are 3 states of matter – be familiar with their properties.

Ø Physical changes to matter

Ø Chemical changes to matter