Language Arts
Read "The Fever of 1848". What city is the family from?
Jefferson City, Missouri
Sparky the dog just had his 8th birthday in people years! But a people year is equal to 7 dog years. How old is Sparky in dog years?
Sparky is 56 years old.
A person who uses a map to locate places is a ______.
Geographer
8 families agree to make the journey to California
Round to the nearest ten thousand.
$107,982
$110,000
Each group of American Indians had their own
1. adapt
2. culture
3.nomad
4. obsidian
2. culture
Read "The Fever of 1849". What can you infer or conclude about what life was like on a Missouri farm in 1849. Provide specific examples from the story to support your opinion.
Life on a Missouri farm was hard. Families had little money.
Examples:
" There isn't much opportunity here on this farm. One bad wheat crop, and we're done for" and "Mama would lick at her hungry lips... "
Solve.
324 x 3 = ?
972
A ___ was a farming settlement that grew food for the presidios.
1. colony
2. straight
3. expedition
4. pueblo
4. pueblo
Identify the sentence fragment, the run-on sentence, and the complete sentence.
1. Great movie!
2. The movie sure was great!
3. We watched the movie it sure was great!
1. Sentence fragment
2. Complete sentence
3. Run-On sentence
1.3 ____ 1.30
0.09 ____ 0.8
4.5 ____ 0.45
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On missions, the missionaries wanted to ____ the California Indians.
1. convert
2. irrigation
3. rebel
4. tallow
1. convert
Read "The Fever of 1849". Based on what you read, what does the phrase "tough skin" mean in the fifth paragraph?
1. skin that has been hardened by age and weather
2. having a personality that is cold and unfeeling
3. having strong opinions about something; not easily swayed
3. having strong opinions about something; not easily swayed
Is 100 prime or composite? How do you know?
Composite. 100 has more factors than 1 and itself. Example: 5 x 20 = 100, 2 x 50 = 100, 4 x 25 = 100
What resources did Indians in the northwest use to make shelters and boats?
trees
Which is the best way to write the sentence?
1. Look at the hungry, black, big bear!
2. Look at the black, big, hungry bear!
3. Look at the big, hungry black bear!
3. Look at the big, hungry black bear!
What number goes in the blank?
40 x ____ = 4,000
100
What was the name the road that connected all 21 missions in California?
El Camino Real
What is the preposition in the sentence
Denise kicked the soccer ball across the park.
across
Preposition: when and where
Fill in the blanks to make the equation true.
3/5 = ?/5 + ?/5 + ?/5
2/5 + 1/5 + 0/5
3/5 + 0/5 + 0/5
A ___ often includes food, dancing, and music
fiesta
1. practical but open to new possibilities
2. stuck in her ways
3. selfish and too concerned about food
1. practical but open to new possibilities
Maggie wants a new bike that costs $185, so she cleans 4 swimming pools for $20 each. She also babysits twice for $15 each time, and her grandmother gave her $30. How much more money does Maggie need?
Maggie needs $45 more.
If you went to a rodeo, what would you see?
A show of riding and roping skills. animals
Max's grandpa has a collection of 72 old records. He wants to keep 4 records in the house and store the rest in the garage. If he can fit 8 records in a single storage crate, how many storage crates does he need to the records he wants to store?
He needs 9 crates
Read "The Fever of 1849". Is this story told from first-person, second-person, or third-person point of view?
First-person point of view
Solve.
468 ÷ 5 = ?
93 r 3
93 x 5 = 465 + 3 = 468
Someone who came to California in search of gold is called a _____.
forty-niner
Brad's sister is 3 feet, 4 inches tall. How many total inches tall is she?
She is 40 inches tall.
Combine the sentences using a coordinating conjunction.
I can go to the carnival. I need to be home by 4:00.
I can go to the carnival, but I need to be home by 4:00.
Becky made a pan of fudge brownies and a same-size pan of peanut butter brownies. Her friends ate 4/5 of the pan of fudge brownies and 3/4 of the pan of peanut butter brownies. Which pan had more brownies left over?
The pan of peanut butter brownies had more left over.
Where would miners pan for gold?
in rivers and streams
List all of the factors of 72.
Hint: there are 12 in all and 12 is one of them.
1,2,3,4,6,8,9,12,18,24,36,72
Which prefix could be added to the word "pay" to mean "to pay for something in advance"
1. pre-
2. un-
3. uni-
1. prepay
Solve.
11 5/6 - 7 1/6 = ?
4 4/6 OR 4 2/3
What is a power that both the California government and federal government have?
Possible answer:
the power to collect taxes
the power to make laws for public safety and goods
the power to set up courts
the power to build and maintain roads
Nate is building a rectangular pen for his pet pig, Squiggles. The pen's area is 96 square feet. If the width is 8 feet, what is the length of the pen?
The length is 12 feet.