Good Afternoon!
First-report cards will be distributed on Monday, January 28. The Language Arts NWEA will be given on Monday as well. I sent home the practice packets with the students that completed them so that they can look them over this weekend for review. You may keep those packets at home. I am going to list a few concepts that may be on the test that you can review this weekend as well. Have a wonderful weekend and stay warm!!
Mrs. P
NWEA REVIEW CONCEPTS:
Noun: Person, place, thing or idea
Proper noun: Haigh School, Mrs. P., January
Verb: Action word-running, playing
Adjective: Describing words-shiny, soft, hard, rough
Pronoun: Take the place of a noun-he, she, they, we
Adverb: Describes a verb, may end in ly nicely, completely, beautifully
Homophone: Two words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things. road/rode blue/blew there/their/they’re
Antonym: Opposites high/low tall/small
Synonyms: Different words that mean the same thing
chilly/icy/cold
Prefix: Comes before a base word
rewind-wind again review-view again
Suffix: Comes after a base word
quckly, writing, cooked, playing
Long/Short vowel sounds
Text features: Glossary-mini dictionary
Caption-describes a picture
Italicized word/bold word-A word that looks different and is important in the reading or article.
Index: Words listed in alphabetical order where you can find within the text. (Not defined.)

I think that everyone is ready and will do very well on the reading part of this test. I hope this helps. Don’t feel you have to spend a lot of time on these concepts this weekend-just a short review would be great!
Thanks and Have a Wonderful Weekend!!!
Mrs. P.