

| 1st & 2nd Grade Class Page |
1st & 2nd Grade |
| Be prepared! Are you ready for this week's tests? |
| Language Arts Review Noun: a person, place, or thing. Ex: girl Proper noun: a special person, place, or thing. A proper noun always begins with a capital letter. Ex: Wal-Mart is a specific store. Singular noun: One person, place, or thing. Ex: fish Plural noun: more than one person, place, or thing. Most singular nouns have an -s added to them to make them plural. If a singular noun ends in ch, sh, s, x, or z, you will add -es. Ex: chair = chairs; bush = bushes |

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| Fun Science Facts * Hawaii is moving towards Japan at the speed of 10cm a year. This is because they are on different tectonic plates. * The worlds largest desert is the Sahara, it covers about one third of Africa! * Earthquakes that occur out at sea can cause huge tsunamis capable of reaching land and endangering people. * The earth isn't perfectly round, it is slightly fattened at the north and south poles. * The volcanic rock known as pumice is the only rock that can float in water. * Stretching out to an impressive length of 6696 kilometres (4160 miles) long, the Nile River is the longest river on earth. * Natural gas doesn't have an odour, strong smells are added to it by humans so it can be detected when there are leaks. |