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Skills for PSSAs*
1. Prefix/ Suffix
2. Homophones/ Homonyms
3. Synonyms/ Antonyms
4. Author’s Purpose
5. Character/ Plot/ Setting
6. Theme
7. Personification
8. Meter
9. Alliteration
10. Fact vs. Opinion
11. Simile/ Metaphor
12. Compare/Contrast
13. Cause/Effect
14. Main Idea
15. Pronouns, Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives
16. ****New on PSSAs as of 2015: GRAMMAR SKILLS ****
*These are a few of the main concepts tested on the PSSAs.
Games to Review PSSA
(Copy and paste the address into the url to load each game if clicking on the link does not work.)
Jeopardy Review Games
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/fourth-grade-jeopardy-round-2
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/fourth-grade-jeopardy33
General Terms for PSSA
http://kmott.wikispaces.com/file/view/PSSA%20TERMS%20PART%201%20FLING%20THE%20TEACHER.swf
http://kmott.wikispaces.com/file/view/PSSA%20TERMS%20PART%202%20FLING%20THE%20TEACHER.swf
Simile and Metaphor
http://kmott.wikispaces.com/Fling+the+Teacher+Simile+and+Metaphor
Fact and Opinion
http://kmott.wikispaces.com/file/view/Fact%20vs.%20Opinion%20Fling%20the%20Teacher.swf
Figurative Language
http://kmott.wikispaces.com/Fling+the+Teacher+Figurative+Language+Review+1
Idioms
http://www.funbrain.com/idioms/index.html
Context Clues
http://kmott.wikispaces.com/file/view/Context%20Clues%20Fling%20the%20Teacher.swf
http://kmott.wikispaces.com/file/view/Context%20Clues%20Walk%20the%20Plank.swf
Grammar
http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/
http://www.slimekids.com/games/grammar-games/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab.htm
http://www.lessonpaths.com/learn/i/prepositions-11/preposition-fling-the-teacher