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Reading Longer Words and Sentences: Unit Review

A1 A3 B1.1 B1.2 B1.3 B1.4 B1.5 B2.1 B2.2 B2.3 B2.4 B2.5 B3.1 B3.2 B3.3About 40 minutes
Learning goals
  • I can listen to learn and ask clarifying questions.
  • I can speak clearly for my purpose and audience.
  • I can read long words using syllable types, patterns and word parts.
  • I can figure out new words and read fluently with expression.
  • I can use sentence types, parts of speech and punctuation to understand what I read.

Words to know

clarifying question
A question that asks a speaker to make something they said clearer.
syllable type
One of six kinds of syllables (closed, open, silent e, vowel team, bossy r, consonant-le) that tell you what the vowel says.
morpheme
The smallest part of a word with meaning: a base, prefix or suffix.
fluency
Reading accurately, at a good pace and with expression.
complex sentence
A main idea plus an adverbial clause that tells when, why, where or if.
contraction
Two words squeezed into one with an apostrophe, like don't.

Let's review!

In this unit you became a stronger listener, speaker and reader. You asked clarifying questions, planned talks for an audience, read long words using syllable types and word parts, grew your vocabulary, read fluently with expression, and used sentence types, parts of speech and punctuation to understand what you read.

This review has a few questions from every lesson. Try each one, then press Show answer to check. If a part feels tricky, go back to that lesson.

unnot++breakbreak++ablecan be==unbreakablecannot bebrokenprefix + base word + suffix: read the parts, add the meanings
A word sum helps you read and understand a long word: read each part, then add the meanings together.
The apostrophe ’Contraction: letters left outit's = it isthey're = they arePossessive: shows who owns itLeo's momthe birds' songsTest it: say the two words. If it makes sense, it's a contraction.
The apostrophe has two jobs. Try saying the two words: It's = It is works, but Leo's mom is not Leo is mom.

Listening to Learn: Clarifying Questions and Listening Strategies

1

What is a clarifying question? Give an example.

2

Name one listening strategy for before, one for during and one for after.

3

The speaker is too quiet. What can you say?

Speaking to an Audience: Purpose, Voice, Body and Words

1

What two things should you think about before you speak?

2

Give one way to build rapport with an audience.

3

Make this cohesive with a linking word: I put on sunscreen. It was sunny.

The Six Syllable Types

1

What type of syllable is pic in picnic?

2

What type of syllable is ro in robot?

3

Split and read purple. Name both types.

4

Read wagon. Did you need to flex?

Reading Long Words: Three or More Syllables

1

Split and read important.

2

Which vowels say "uh" in Canada?

3

Read disagreement. What parts did you find first?

Where Letters Live: Position Patterns and Tricky Endings

1

Read vacation.

2

Read adventure.

3

Is the g in gentle soft or hard?

4

Read wash and word.

Word Parts I: Prefixes Change the Meaning

1

What does underground mean?

2

Add a prefix to polite to mean not polite.

3

Is mis- a prefix in mister?

Word Parts II: Suffixes Change the Word's Job

1

What does -ment make? Give an example.

2

Write the word sum for helpfulness.

3

Which word names a person: artist or artful?

Growing Vocabulary: Clues, Word Families and Words That Look Alike

1

Pick the right word: I put ___ (to / two / too) scoops of flour in the bowl.

2

How do you say live in: We watched a live hockey game?

3

Read: The soil was so dry that the seeds could not germinate. What does germinate mean?

Reading Fluently: Accuracy, Pacing and Expression

1

Mark the phrases: On Saturday morning we went to the farmers' market.

2

What pace is best for reading instructions?

3

You misread a word and the sentence doesn't make sense. What do you do?

Reading Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences

1

Simple, compound or complex? We went home because it was late.

2

Simple, compound or complex? It was late, so we went home.

3

Find the main idea: When the moon came out, the wolves howled.

Parts of Speech That Help Us Understand

1

How many owners? the boys' bikes

2

Find the linking verb: The hot chocolate tastes sweet.

3

Change to past progressive: I swim.

4

Find the preposition and the interjection: Wow, the puck slid under the bench!

Reading Dialogue, Titles, Quotations and Contractions

1

Who is speaking? “Pass the maple syrup, please,” said Grandpa.

2

What two words make you'll?

3

Write correctly: my trip to the city as a title.

Just for fun

Why are long words never scared?

They know they can always break into smaller parts!

How to use this review

  • Do the review in two or three short sittings. Each section matches one lesson.
  • Say the answers out loud. Many of these skills (listening, speaking, reading with expression) are about how things sound.
  • For reading questions, have your child read the word or sentence aloud before answering.
  • After each answer, ask "How did you know?"
  • Note which sections had mistakes and revisit those lessons' examples, activities and practice.
Check your understanding

Quiz

1.

Which is a clarifying question about a talk on snowshoes?

2.

Which is the best way to end a talk?

3.

In ti | ger, the i is long because ti is:

4.

How many syllables are in butterfly?

5.

What does -tion say in celebration?

6.

What does nonstop mean?

7.

Which word means without fear?

8.

In I read that book last week, read sounds like:

9.

Which sentence is complex?

10.

Which apostrophe shows a contraction?

For parents and teachers

Use mistakes to choose what to revisit. Each review section matches one lesson.

  • Asks off-topic questions instead of clarifying ones, or can't summarize: revisit Listening to Learn.
  • Forgets purpose or audience, talk has no clear order, or few linking words: revisit Speaking to an Audience.
  • Reads every vowel short (or long), or can't name syllable types: revisit The Six Syllable Types.
  • Freezes at long words, or reads schwa words with every vowel clear and doesn't flex: revisit Reading Long Words.
  • Reads -tion letter by letter, misses soft c/g, or reads want like ant: revisit Where Letters Live.
  • Doesn't use prefixes to figure out meaning, or sees fake prefixes (uncle): revisit Word Parts I: Prefixes.
  • Can't find the base word, or misses the meaning of -able, -ment, -ist: revisit Word Parts II: Suffixes.
  • Uses only one clue for new words, or mixes up homographs and homophones: revisit Growing Vocabulary.
  • Reads word by word, too fast without expression, or doesn't self-correct: revisit Reading Fluently and do repeated readings.
  • Can't tell compound from complex, or misses what the because/when/if part tells: revisit Reading Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences.
  • Confuses dog's and dogs', or misses what prepositions and question words tell: revisit Parts of Speech That Help Us Understand.
  • Reads said Mom as part of the speech, or mixes up contractions and possessives: revisit Reading Dialogue, Titles, Quotations and Contractions.

A few mistakes are normal. Praise effort, flexible thinking and self-correcting, not only right answers.