Test/Quiz update: The Language Test scheduled for Wednesday will be on Thursday instead. 

                                There will be a History Quiz Friday over sections 8.1-8.3 and p. 539

Study Guide for Language: 

Capitalization and Punctuation rules that gave them some trouble  

            *Seasons do not get capitalized. 

            *Each word in a title gets capitalized with the exception of small words like "the" and                                 conjunctions "for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so".  

                       **On today's quiz, several of the students lost points for missing capitals in titles.  Here                             is an example:  In the poem "The Frost is on the Punkin", the words "is", "on", and "the"                          are not capitalized, but the rest are capitalized.  This can be a little confusing for                                     them, you may want to remind them to keep their eyes open.  

            *Punctuation in dates looks like this:  Thursday, November 30, 2023

                It is very easy for them to leave out the commas. 

            *The colon between the book and verse in scripture is easy to miss as well.  Isaiah 9:6

Nouns

Abstract nouns such as, "love" and "ideas" can be difficult because they are still considered to be nouns even though we cannot actually touch them.  

Compound nouns are nouns that have two nouns together such as, "baseball" or "Pacific Ocean".  

Lastly, proper nouns are our specific nouns such as, "Andrew" or "New Life Christian Academy" rather than "boy" or "school" which are common nouns and do not get capitalized.  

Here is the quizlet link for the entire chapter 8 for History.  Friday's quiz is only over sections 8.1-8.3 and the bodies of water on p. 539.  

https://quizlet.com/817359511/history-test-5-ch-8-and-map-on-p-539-flash-cards/?i=4yarg3&x=1jqt

I hope these little tid-bits will help you to help your child be prepared.  

Thank you for all of your dedication to their education!