Students will be given four written words and be asked to identify which of those words is being dictated by the teacher. The assessment will focus on distinction between short vowel sounds, ending sounds (especially "-ed" verses /s/), and alternative spellings ("wr" >/r/, "c"> /s/, "kn" > /n/).
Consider using these worksheets to help your child practice this skill.
Students will be given a list of sentences and will have to determine which is the appropriate ending punctuation: period, exclamation point, or question mark.
Consider using Skills activity page PP.11 to practice.
Students will be given a simple verb and have to write the correct spelling of the gerund form (adding "-ing" suffix). They will need to remember that single syllable words, with a short vowel sound, and which end in a single consonant (i.e. rub) will double the final consonant before adding the suffix (rubbing). Words that do not meet those three requirements (i.e. drift - ends with two consonants) will just have the suffix added without doubling the consonant (drifting).
Consider using Skills activity page 13.1 to practice (students did this in class, but here is a fresh copy to do it again). Also feel free to give them more verbs and see if they can figure out which ending to use.
Students will read a decodable short passage and answer comprehension questions.
Consider using the following question sheets that correspond to "The Cat Bandit" stories to practice reading and answering questions.
Students will take a traditional spelling test over the following words:
sand 2. hunt 3. thin 4. sang 5. hung 6. thing 7. sank 8. hunk 9. think Tricky Word: should