DAILY LANGUAGE PRACTICE Grade 4 by Isaac Seder Daily Language Practice provides a structured approach to building and reviewing your students language and literacy skills. Each of the 36 weeks includes daily, weekly, and monthly activities. Weekly Skill Practice one skill each week Monthly Review Apply skills learned each month Weekly Review Review weekly skill Copyright 2006 by Weekly Reader Corporation. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use only. But beyond classroom use, material in this book may not be stored in a retrieval system; or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or other, without special permission from the Weekly Reader Corporation. Printed in the U.S.A. 1 2 3 4 5 / 10 09 08 07 06
2 Table of Contents Skills: Scope and Sequence................4 Using This Book..............................5 Week 1:...............................6 Identifying common and proper nouns Week 2: End Punctuation....................9 Using periods, question marks, and exclamation points Week 3: Alphabetical Order................12 Identifying and using alphabetical order Week 4: Spelling (Double Letters)........15 Spelling words with double consonants or vowels Month 1 Review...................18 Week 5: Verbs...............................19 Identifying verbs Week 6: Capitalization......................22 Capitalizing proper nouns Week 7: Plural.......................25 Forming regular and irregular plural nouns Week 8: Synonyms.........................28 Recognizing words with similar meanings Month 2 Review...................31 Week 9: Commas...........................32 Using commas in dates and addresses Week 10: Verb Forms......................35 Adding ing and ed Week 11: Rhyming Words.................38 Recognizing rhyming words with same or different spellings Week 12: Spelling (Commonly Misspelled Words)............41 Words frequently misspelled by fourth graders Month 3 Review...................44
3 Week 13: Commas.........................45 Using commas to separate words in a series Week 14: Subject-Verb Agreement.......48 Choosing correct verbs in the present tense Week 15: Subject Pronouns...............51 Using the correct subject pronoun Week 16: Antonyms........................54 Recognizing words with opposite meanings Month 4 Review...................57 Week 17: Adjectives........................58 Identifying adjectives Week 18: More Verb Forms...............61 Using verbs with irregular past tenses Week 19: Possessive..............64 Using apostrophes to form possessive nouns Week 20: Spelling (Multisyllable Words)........................67 Spelling words with three or more syllables Month 5 Review...................70 Week 21: Adverbs..........................71 Recognizing adverbs Week 22: Complete Sentences...........74 Identifying and correcting sentence fragments Week 23: Object Pronouns................77 Using the correct object pronoun Week 24: Comparatives....................80 Forming and using comparatives Month 6 Review...................83 Week 25: Contractions.....................84 Forming contractions Week 26: Quotation Marks................87 Using quotation marks in dialogue Week 27: Homophones....................90 Choosing the correct homophone Week 28: Superlatives......................93 Forming and using superlatives Month 7 Review...................96 Week 29: Prepositions.....................97 Identifying and using prepositions Week 30: Titles............................100 Capitalizing titles Week 31: Prefixes.........................103 Recognizing how prefixes change word meanings Week 32: Spelling (Commonly Misspelled Words)..........106 More words frequently misspelled by fourth graders Month 8 Review..................109 Week 33: Abbreviations...................110 Forming and punctuating abbreviations Week 34: Run-On Sentences............113 Identifying and correcting run-on sentences Week 35: Suffixes.........................116 Recognizing how suffixes change word meanings Week 36: Analogies.......................119 Completing word analogies Month 9 Review..................122 Answers....................................123
Week One 6 1 Is it a noun? Write Yes or No. 1. lungs 2. breathe 3. deep 4. oxygen 5. Ace Hill Hospital Week One 2 Circle the nouns in each sentence. 1. Scientists recently found some large, mysterious bones in California. 2. These ancient bones belonged to a Columbian mammoth. 3. Those giant animals lived in southern North America. 4. Experts will study the bones to learn more about these interesting creatures. 5. Scientist Mark Goodwin believes that the discovery shows an important part of the history of his state.
7 Circle each common noun. Underline each proper noun. Week One 3 1. read newspaper daily 2. writer Mark Twain write 3. notebook pencil essay 4. idea philosopher Freud 5. Liberty Bell proud freedom Circle the proper noun in each pair. Week One 4 1. painter Pablo Picasso 2. New Zealand country 3. Ella Fitzgerald singer 4. river Congo River 5. building Empire State Building