Pointers for the First Quarterly Exam

Lovely students,

As promised, here are the pointers for your first quarterly exam. I also added the directions for each test so you will have an idea on how to review.
If you have questions, you may comment on this post or contact me using our Edmodo group.
God bless and have fun reviewing. ;)

Hugs and Kisses,
Teacher Karla

English 4

I. Spelling & Vocabulary (Spelling List 1-4)

A. Match the following words with their meaning

B. Encircle the misspelled word and write the correct spelling

II. Capitalization & Punctuation

Rewrite the following sentences using correct capitalization and punctuation

III. Subject & Predicate

A. Box the simple subject and underline the complete predicate

B. Encircle the complete subject and box the simple predicate

IV. Kinds of Sentences

Identify the sentences according to its use.

English 5

I. Prefixes & Suffixes

Use prefixes and suffixes to change the meaning of the emphasized words.

II. Elements of Narratives

III.Subject & Predicate

Box the simple subject and underline the simple predicate

IV. Plural of Nouns

A. Change the underlined nouns to plural. Observe the subject-verb agreement.

B. Draw a heart if it is plural, and draw a star if it is singular

V. Spelling & Vocabulary (Spelling List 1-4)

A. Match the following words with their meaning

B. Encircle the misspelled word and write the correct spelling

Filipino 7

I. KUWENTONG BAYAN – MANIK BUANGSI
Suriin ang bawat pangungusap. Isulat sa patlang ang TAMA kung ito ay wasto at MALI kung ito ay di wasto.

II. PANGUNGUSAP AYON SA LAYON
Tukuyin ang layon ng bawat pahayag.
III. KAYARIAN NG MGA SALITA
Tukuyin ang kayarian ng mga salita.
IV. PABULA
Ibigay ang hinihiling ng mga sumusunod. (Enumeration)

V. PANG-ABAY: PANANG-AYON AT PANANGGI
Bilugan ang pang-abay sa pangungusap at tukuyin kung ito ay panang-ayon o pananggi.
VI. PAGSASALINWIKA
Isulat sa wikang Filipino ang mga salita.

Filipino 8

I. KATUTUBONG PANITIKAN 

Tukuyin ang mga salitang inilalarawan. 

II. KARUNUNGANG BAYAN

Isulat sa patlang ang SL ung salawakain, SW kung sawikain, B kung bugtong at K kung kasabihan. III. PANG-URI 

Bilugan ang mga pang-uring ginamit at isulat sa patlang kung ito’y lantay, magkatulad, pasahol, palamang, o pasukdol. 

IV. ALAMAT

Isulat ang tamang sagot sa patlang.

V. PANG-ABAY
Bilugan ang pang-abay at isulatang uri nito sa patlang.

Reading Comprehension, the “Fourth-Grade Slump,” and Expository Text

  Explanation:

            Our graphic organizer is called ‘Back to Basics’ taken from the ‘Back to School’ sign in a certain bookstore supplies. As you can see, we have schools supplies representing the ideas in the text. The book contains the stages undergone by a reader whenever he/she reads a text resulting to comprehension. The apple represents the strategies that will help the reader to understand what he/she is reading and that will aid the teacher in assisting the learner during reading activity. The scissors facing the notebook signifies the problems encountered in comprehending written texts. It is facing the notebook because it presents why Fourth-Grade learners experience problems in comprehension especially in expository text. The book states ‘good readers use reading comprehension strategies’ when they read either narrative or expository text. Back to Basics is looking back as early as in the Fourth-Grade why learners in the higher academic level still suffer difficulty in comprehending expository text, wherein they are exposed too much to those kinds. Moreover, we are looking for possible solution on how to lessen those problems by suggesting strategies in reading.

           

 Reflection as Students:

It is true that reading stories are a lot easier than reading the written text. We enjoy because most of the time we can relate our life with the stories. We find the content areas in  reading quite challenging, especially in math and science because of the many new terminologies that we encounter while reading. Moreover, we cannot relate much because we don’t see or use them often in our life. Furthermore, because of our lack interest in reading written text, we don’t give much time to read or if we read, we just force ourselves to do so to meet with the academic requirements. Hence, we don’t enjoy reading and find it meaningful in life. We think that motivation to read is very important and we should vary our reading to different reading content areas and not just reading stories so we can develop widely our knowledge in all if not in most of the reading content areas. We agree that the more we read, the more we learn and the more knowledge we have the more we find our learning easier. “The rich get richer” holds true to readers who have acquired a good background of reading knowledge and continue to develop their reading skills.

           

Reflection as Teachers:

 As teachers, we value the importance of reading not only in our field of teaching but also in the other content areas so that we can be more resourceful and flexible in our teaching. We should be aware of the changes in the academic areas, especially in education, society and

political as well as economic fields. We should update ourselves with the current issues in society.

 We should equip ourselves with different reading comprehension strategies so as to help our students, especially the grade 4 learners and above to make sense of reading expository text which is so different from stories or narrative texts.  We should be role models first to our students, help them to be aware of the different text structures, motivate them to learn new vocabularies so as to have good vocabulary knowledge and to use question to connect to prior knowledge, organize the text structure as well as to review and extend the text.

As teachers, we feel happy when our students show understanding in learning new lessons, in reading text with ease and in participating in the learning process actively. We want in as much as we can to help our students improve their comprehension skills especially those who are still struggling with expository text. We are convinced that to become good and knowledgeable readers, we keep on reading and exposing ourselves to different kinds of reading materials applying comprehension strategies to aid and develop our reading comprehension skills.

Studying Text

Explanation of the Dress Graphic Organizer:

In studying text, it is necessary to know the text structure, study strategies, and study guides. The text structure, whether it is internal or external, improves the learning and retention of the readers. It helps the readers identify the important information and increase the comprehension of the text.

Moreover, study strategies can help the readers understand the text. The use of graphic organizers depicts the relationship in the text. Writing summaries is another strategy. Summaries helps the readers identify the main points of the text. Lastly, making and taking notes will help the readers recall the information. Text annotations like summary note, thesis note, critical note, and question note are some examples of notes that readers can write in the index card or sticky notes.

                Study guides like text pattern guide and selective reading guide are also helpful in studying text. Text pattern guide is the story maps in narratives and the outlines in informational texts while selective reading guide is similar to end-of chapter comprehension questions, which focuses upon specific passages.

Reflections:

Reading is one of the five macro-skills in language that should be developed. It has always been a dilemma for teachers like me on how to teach reading students in higher elementary and junior high school. Not everyone likes reading. Those students who like reading would rather read fiction stories than those in their textbooks. Teaching the students enjoy reading is really a challenge not only for English teachers but also for teachers in other subject matters.

 The dress graphic organizer I made shows some strategies on how to study texts easily. It shows how important the use of graphic organizer, note taking, and writing summaries are. I think it is necessary to teach those strategies to the students. Some textbooks incorporate the use of these graphic organizers but because of time constraints, some teachers tend to neglect its importance.

As a teacher, I think I need to allot time to teach my students on how to make graphic organizers for informational texts. Although I already taught them the elements of a story in English and in Filipino, teaching them how to make outlines from expository texts will also improve their reading comprehension skills.

As a graduate student, I think selective reading guide will always work for me because professors always assign long readings. In making reflection paper like this, it is best to focus on the important points of the texts.