1st Bim. SCHEDULE exams & Study GUIDE

Good afternoon parents and students!

This is the schedule for the english exams:

Monday Oct.17th: SCIENCE

Tuesday Oct. 18th: ENGLISH

Wednesday Oct. 19th: READING

Thursday Oct. 20th: SPELLING

This is your study guide:

SCIENCE

Chapter 1 Classifying Living Things

Lesson 1 How are living things classified?

Lesson 2 How are plants and fungi classified?

Lesson 3 How are animals classified?

Note: Identify a plant cell from an animal cell, vascular plants from nonvascular plants and fungi.

Chapter 2 Life Cycles

Lesson 1 What is Heredity?

Lesson 2 What are some life cycles of plants?

Lesson 3 What are some life cycles of animals?

Note: Clearly identify the five stages of a plant life cycle, what is photosynthesis and kind of reproduction (asexual and tubers), as well as the difference between direct development and metamorphosis.

Chapter 3 Adaptations

Lesson 1 How do the bodies of animals help them meet their needs?

Lesson 2 How do the behaviors of animals help them meet their needs?

Lesson 3 How do living things of the past compare with those of today?

Note: Review which are the basic needs. Clearly understand the process of migration, hibernation, extinction, and adaptation.

Chapter 4 The Human Body

Lesson 1How does your body get oxygen and nutrients?

Lesson 2 How does your body think and move?

Note: Focus on study the organs and parts of the body and their functions (diaphragm, arteries and veins , esophagus, spinal cord,  joint, and muscle) as well as the process of digestion of food.

ENGLISH

1)     Unit 1 The Sentence

·         Clearly understand what is a sentence, a statement, a question, a command and an exclamation and its correct end mark.

·         The subject

·         The predicate

·         Simple Subject and Simple Predicate

2)    Unit 2 Nouns

• What is a noun?
• Common and proper nouns
• Rules for making nouns plural
• Irregular plurals Example: woman – women, deer - deer
• Singular and plural possessive nouns

READING

Reread the lessons, study vocabulary, activities and order of the events for each of the following lessons:

-Akiak

-Grandfather’s Journey

-Finding the Titanic

-By the Shores of Silver Lake

SPELLING

Study spelling and meaning of the Basic Words from Unit 1 to Unit 9. From units 1 to 3 classify words according to their sounds; short or long sound.

Words for the Dictation exercise will be from UNIT 8 & 9. Pay special attention on these words!