Adjectives linking verbs Following are novels that have been used Adjectives that compare the last several years: Where the Red Fern Using more or most with adjectives Grows, Hatchet, Brian’s Winter, Holes, The Adjective suffixes Westing Game Adverbs Spelling Writing with adverbs Grades 1st-8th use Houghton Mifflin for Adverbs that compare spelling. Adverbs before adjectives and other Each week students are tested on a list of adverbs words at the beginning and end of the adverbs and adjectives week. negative words Students also complete several unit pages Compounds that work on vocabulary, homophones, antonyms, phonics, etc. Pronouns Writing with pronouns Sixth Grade Subject pronouns Nouns Object pronouns Writing with nouns Using pronouns (subject or object??) Singular & plural nouns Contractions Common and proper nouns Homophones Capitalizing proper Prepositions Possessive nouns Writing with prepositions Compounds Prepositional phrases Verbs Prepositions and adverbs Writing with action verbs Using prepositional phrases Linking verbs Synonyms and antonyms Main and helping verbs Sentences Direct objects Writing sentences (sentence/not a Tenses of verbs (present, past, future) sentence) Principal of verbs 4 kinds of sentences Using irregular verbs Complete subjects & predicates Troublesome verb (can/may, sit/set, Subjects in imperative sentences lie/lay, teach/learn) Compound subjects Prefixes Subject/verb agreement Adjectives Compound predicates Writing with Adjectives Compound sentences Proper adjectives Avoiding run-on sentences Predicate adjectives Homographs Demonstrative adjectives Reading Adjectives that compare Students read three or four novels a year, Adjective suffixes answer factual and application questions, and work with a variety of literary devices.
Adjectives linking verbs Adjectives that compare Using more or most with adjectives Adjective suffixes Adverbs Writing with adverbs Adverbs that compare Adverbs before adjectives and other adverbs adverbs and adjectives negative words Compounds Pronouns Writing with pronouns Subject pronouns Object pronouns Using pronouns (subject or object??) Contractions Homophones Prepositions Writing with prepositions Prepositional phrases Prepositions and adverbs Using prepositional phrases Synonyms and antonyms Sentences Writing sentences (sentence/not a sentence) 4 kinds of sentences Complete subjects & predicates Subjects in imperative sentences Compound subjects Subject/verb agreement Compound predicates Compound sentences Avoiding run-on sentences Homographs Reading Students read three or four novels a year, answer factual and application questions, and work with a variety of literary devices. Following are novels that have been used the last several years: Where the Red Fern Grows, Hatchet, Brian’s Winter, Holes, The Westing Game Spelling Grades 1st-8th use Houghton Mifflin for spelling. Each week students are tested on a list of words at the beginning and end of the week. Students also complete several unit pages that work on vocabulary, homophones, antonyms, phonics, etc. Sixth Grade Nouns Writing with nouns Singular & plural nouns Common and proper nouns Capitalizing proper Possessive nouns Compounds Verbs Writing with action verbs Linking verbs Main and helping verbs Direct objects Tenses of verbs (present, past, future) Principal of verbs Using irregular verbs Troublesome verb (can/may, sit/set, lie/lay, teach/learn) Prefixes Adjectives Writing with Adjectives Proper adjectives Predicate adjectives Demonstrative adjectives Adjectives that compare Adjective suffixes