Vocabulary List 4

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4th GRADE VOCABULARY #4 TEST: Friday, November 8, 2013

Classical Roots Lesson 5

1. Root word-  Part = separate piece, part
2. Root word- Studi= to learn, study
3. Suffix – “ness” – noun suffix (i.e. happiness)
4. partial (don’t forget- these definitions are in your orange Classical Roots book!)
5. particle
6. particular
7. partition
8. partner
9. studio
10. studiousness
11. understudy

grammar terms:

12. possessive noun – a noun showing ownership. This is always accompanied with an apostrophe.  Example: Jenny’s backpack, today’s lunch special. The only time there is no apostrophe is with the possessive pronoun “its.”

13. plural noun – more than one noun. This is usually accompanied by an “s” (such as toys or babies), but sometimes the ending changes to an “a” (such as phenomena) or an “i” (such as cacti or fungi).

14. contraction- when two words are combined with an apostrophe (such as you’re or don’t).

15. pronoun- a word that replaces a noun (such as he, she, it, they, me, them).

Challenge:
concrete noun- a noun that can be touched or physically experienced. A person, place, or thing – NOT AN IDEA! (Such as pencil, book, Pacific Ocean, oxygen.)

abstract noun-  a noun that is an idea. (this is an idea, emotion, or concept  that can be experienced, but not on a physical level. (Such as love, joy, fear, imagination, friendship, ambition, forgiveness, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, democracy.)

Vocabulary Routine:
Homework:
Monday:
___Make flashcards of each word; include parts of speech.
Tuesday:
___Write 8 sentences in cursive if possible with at least 10 words.
___Study flashcards.
Wednesday:
___To be announced
___Study flashcards.
Thursday:
___Study for test on Friday. Good luck!
(Tests will be multiple-choice for root words.  For all other words, it will be either matching/fill in the blank, or writing a basic definition and using the word in a sentence.)  

WRITING CHECKLIST:
___Each sentence begins with a capital letter.
___Each sentence ends with the appropriate punctuation mark (period, question mark, exclamation point).
___I checked all punctuation marks – apostrophes, commas, colons, semicolons.
___I indented the first line of my paragraph/story.
___I proofread for simple spelling mistakes (esp. your, you’re, to, too, two, it’s, its, there, their, they’re).
___My writing makes sense and says what I want it to say.
___MY WRITING IS NEAT AND LEGIBLE.