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.)

Grammar - Username  is  their  lunch  code,  password  is  their  homeroom  #
http://www.noredink.com

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
https://www.noredink.com/   (Highly  Recommended)