Synonyms

Write a synonym of each word on the line from the box below.
You can use a dictionary, if you need to.



Silly ________________________________________
Write ________________________________________
Toy ________________________________________
Play ________________________________________
Begin ________________________________________
Thick ________________________________________
Sing ________________________________________
Weak ________________________________________
Rich ________________________________________
Run ________________________________________
Drink ________________________________________
Ruler ________________________________________
Mad ________________________________________
Note ________________________________________
Game ________________________________________
Rude ________________________________________
Open ________________________________________
Connect ________________________________________
Simple ________________________________________
Aloud ________________________________________





Noisy Contest Start Funny Angry
Pen Click Moneyed Tired King
Fun Bad manners Easy Jog Unlock Doll
Swallow Hum Message Fat

Metaphors & Similes

*Writing Metaphors
Write a short sentence for each of the following words.


1. dry
2. shiny
3. hard
4. soft
5. silly
6. smart
7. kind
8. smooth
9. rough





*Writing Similes
Write a short sentence for each of the following words.


1. smart
2. dark
3. bright
4. kind
5. wiggly
6. soft
7. hard
8. straight
9. bent

Metaphors & Similes

*Writing Metaphors
Write a short sentence for each of the following words.


1. Tall
2. Short
3. Angry
4. Happy
5. Ugly
6. Cute
7. Young
8. Old
9. Kind





*Writing Similes
Write a short sentence for each of the following words.


1. Tall
2. Short
3. Angry
4. Happy
5. Ugly
6. Cute
7. Young
8. Old
9. Kind

Proofreading

Rewrite the sentences on your own paper, correcting the mistakes in the following sentences.

1. alvin shapiros birthday is today.
2. Cindy love’s the song “So Whach by Pink.
3. Dos your shoes ned new sho strings in them!
4. Even if I do wrong at least I tried.
5. Suzie walked her dog Timmy walked his dog yesterday
6. Belle means beatiful in French.
7. We don’t do no school on the weakends.
8. Can what I do to help you?

Rewrite the paragraph, correcting the mistakes.

The great hamerhead shark has an wide thick head with the eyes at the margins. the head is indented at the center of the "hammer," which is almost rectunguler in shape! His shark is graybrown above with a off-white belly? The firs dorsal fine (the large fin on the topp of the shark that most peple associate with sharks) is very largge and pointd.

Rewrite the paragraph, correcting the mistakes.

In each of your shonlders is a deltoid (say: del-toyd) muscle. Your detoid muskles help you moved your shoulders every no which way — from swingin’ a sovtball ban to shruging your shoulders when you're not no sure of an answer?


Rewrite the paragraph, correcting the mistakes.

Illustrated by for-time Caldecott Honor recipnt Jerry Pinkney, this beautfully writen book by Alan Schroeder tells the story of Harriet Tubmans childhood. as an youn slave nicknamed "Minty," Harriet was a feisty and stuborn gurl with a dream to escape? Her mother tried to teack him to be more disciplined and listen to her muster. Her father on the other hand showed Minty the "Drinking Gourd" and described the possibilities it hel for her fredom in the future.



***ANSWERS--Proofreading***

Rewrite the sentences on your own paper, correcting the mistakes in the following sentences.

1. Alvin Shapiro’s birthday is today.
2. Cindy loves the song “So What” by Pink.
3. Does your shoes need new shoe strings in them?
4. Even if I do wrong, at least I tried.
5. Suzie walked her dog. Timmy walked his dog, yesterday
6. Belle means beautiful in French.
7. We don’t do any school on the weekends.
8. What can I do to help you?

Rewrite the paragraph, correcting the mistakes.

The great hammerhead shark has an wide, thick head with the eyes at the margins. the head is indented at the center of the "hammer," which is almost rectangular in shape! His shark is gray brown above with a off-white belly? The firs dorsal fine (the large fin on the top of the shark that most people associate with sharks) is very large and pointed.

Rewrite the paragraph, correcting the mistakes.

In each of your shoulders is a deltoid (say: del-toyd) muscle. Your deltoid muscles help you moved your shoulders every which way — from swinging a softball bat to shrugging your shoulders when you're not no sure of an answer.


Rewrite the paragraph, correcting the mistakes.

Illustrated by four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Jerry Pinkney, this beautifully written book by Alan Schroeder tells the story of Harriet Tubman’s childhood. as an young slave nicknamed "Minty," Harriet was a feisty and stubborn girl with a dream to escape. Her mother tried to teach her to be more disciplined and listen to her master. Her father on the other hand showed Minty the "Drinking Gourd" and described the possibilities it held for her freedom in the future.

Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives

Circle the nouns

1. Mr. Von Snauzer is missing from his house!
2. Did you eat my last piece of candy?
3. Tomorrow, we are going to the store.
4. Halloween is just a week away.
5. The science teacher made the chemicals explode in the classroom.

Circle the verbs

1. Who spilled their milk on the kitchen floor?
2. Today we exercised by running, jumping, and doing push-ups.
3. The mailman brought us some packages today.
4. I wonder how my kids will go trick-or-treating this year.
5. My library books is getting very interesting!

Circle the adjectives

1. Her witch costume is orange, purple and black.
2. That pizza is too spicy.
3. Most pumpkins are orange, but some are white and green.
4. My shoes were white before I stepped in the icky mud.
5. The scary skeleton scared me when it jumped out of the tall bushes.

Nouns -- 1st Grade

Underline the nouns
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Twinkle, twinkle little star.

My bike is pink.

The leaves are falling.

Halloween is next week.

We have some new DVDs.

The cookies are on top of the shelf.

The man said it is going to rain.

I am almost done with my book.

Ghosts do not scare me.

Have you seen my book?

I like to eat tomatoes.

Sleepy Beauty is a good story.

It is wet in the tent.

It is dark at night.

I like to draw pictures of my sisters.

I want a blanket for Christmas.

Have you seen Santa Claus before?

Reconstruction and the Birth of Civil Rights - TEST

The president and vice president during the reconstruction was? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
There were two stages to the Reconstruction, what were they? Who controlled them? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What was the name of the last stage? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name the 4 black codes that we learned about.
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2. _________________________________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________________________________
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5. Who was the only state to ratify the 14th amendment? ___________________________________
6. What were carpetbaggers? ______________________________________________________________________
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7. What were scalawags? _______________________________________________________________________
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8. What amendment freed the slaves? _______________________________________________
9. What was the Freedman’s Bureau? ______________________________________________________________
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10. What amendment made all former slaves into US Citizens? ________________________________
11. What amendment gave black men the right to vote? _______________________________________
12. Who claimed they were the ghosts of Confederate soldiers? _________________________________
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13. What did they do? ____________________________________________________________________________
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14. What were the Jim Crow Laws? _________________________________________________________________
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15. Where the Congress successful trying to impeach Andrew Johnson? _________________________
16. Why or Why not? _______________________________________________________________________________
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