Word Detectives
Which word is divided into syllables correctly?
A. in/de/pen/dent
B. inde/pendent
C. indepen/dent
D. in/depend/ent
A. in/de/pen/dent
Before submitting her science project, Ava reorganized her notes so the information would be easier to understand.
Why did Ava reorganize her notes?
A. She wanted to arrange the information in a better way.
B. She wanted to throw her notes away.
C. She wanted to copy someone else's work.
D. She wanted to make her notes shorter.
A. She wanted to arrange the information in a better way.
During summer school, students worked together on a recycling project. They made recycling bins and taught others how to sort materials correctly. At first, they made mistakes, but they worked together to solve problems. By the end of the project, they had collected hundreds of recyclable items and helped improve their school.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The students worked together to complete a recycling project that helped improve their school.
B. The students only made posters about recycling.
C. The students collected recyclable materials because they wanted to win a contest.
D. The students spent all of summer organizing classrooms.
A. The students worked together to complete a recycling project that helped improve their school.
Find the mistake:
643
-287
----
464
Correct answer: 356.
The mistake is in the ones place subtraction and the regrouping.
A school collected 245 cans on Monday and 138 cans on Tuesday. What operation should you use?
Addition
Which word is divided into syllables correctly?
A. mis/un/der/stand/ing
B. misun/derstanding
C. mis/un/der/stand/ing
D. mis/understa/nding
A. mis/un/der/stand/ing
During the group project, the students reevaluated their plan after discovering that one of their ideas would not work.
Why did the students reevaluate their plan?
A. They looked at their plan again to decide if changes were needed.
B. They decided to stop working on the project.
C. They copied another group's plan.
D. They finished the project early.
A. They looked at their plan again to decide if changes were needed.
During summer school, students worked together on a recycling project. They made recycling bins and taught others how to sort materials correctly. At first, they made mistakes, but they worked together to solve problems. By the end of the project, they had collected hundreds of recyclable items and helped improve their school.
Why did the students create recycling bins?
A. To decorate their classrooms with new supplies
B. To help students recycle materials and sort items correctly
C. To collect items they could throw away later
D. To compete against other summer school classes
B. To help students recycle materials and sort items correctly
Solve.
562 - 287 = ?
275
The cafeteria had 500 lunches. Students ate 275. Then 100 more lunches arrived. What operations do you use?
Subtract, then add.
Which word is divided into syllables correctly?
A. re/cy/cling
B. recy/cling
C. recycl/ing
D. re/cycli/ng
A. re/cy/cling
The coach asked the team to reconsider their strategy after the first quarter because it was not working.
What does the word reconsider most likely mean?
A. To think about something again
B. To stop thinking about something
C. To copy someone else's idea
D. To explain something to another person
A. To think about something again
During summer school, students worked together on a recycling project. They made recycling bins and taught others how to sort materials correctly. At first, they made mistakes, but they worked together to solve problems. By the end of the project, they had collected hundreds of recyclable items and helped improve their school.
Make an inference:
Why did the students keep working after making mistakes?
A. They wanted to give up and start a new project.
B. They wanted to solve problems and complete their recycling project.
C. They were told they could not make any mistakes.
D. They wanted to finish before the other classes.
B. They wanted to solve problems and complete their recycling project.
Solve.
704 - 389 = ?
315
The cafeteria had 500 lunches. Students ate 275. Then 100 more lunches arrived.
Why did you choose those operations? Explain what is happening in the problem.
I chose subtraction because students ate some of the lunches, so the number of lunches went down. I chose addition because 100 more lunches arrived, so the number of lunches increased. I needed to take away and then add to find the final number of lunches.
Which word is divided into syllables correctly?
A. com/mun/ity
B. comm/unity
C. com/mu/ni/ty
D. commun/ity
C. com/mu/ni/ty
Read the word:
miscommunication
Which answer correctly identifies the prefix and explains its meaning?
A. mis- means wrong or incorrectly. The word means communication that was understood or shared incorrectly.
B. mis- means before. The word means communication that happened before something else.
C. communication is the prefix. It means to talk with others.
D. -tion is the prefix. It means the action of communicating
A. mis- means wrong or incorrectly. The word means communication that was understood or shared incorrectly.
Which detail best supports the main idea of the passage?
A. The students worked together to design posters, collect materials, and teach others how to recycle.
B. The students made mistakes when they started the project.
C. The students attended summer school during the year.
D. The students collected supplies for their classrooms.
A. The students worked together to design posters, collect materials, and teach others how to recycle.
347 + 268 = ?
615
Write an equation for:
350 books were in the library. 125 were borrowed. Then 50 were returned.
350 − 125 + 50 = 275
Which word is divided into syllables correctly?
A. ex/per/i/ment
B. experi/ment
C. ex/perim/ent
D. exper/i/ment
A. ex/per/i/ment
Although the directions were ambiguous, the students worked together to figure out what they were supposed to do.
What does the word ambiguous most likely mean?
A. Clear and easy to understand
B. Unclear or confusing
C. Funny and entertaining
D. Very short
B. Unclear or confusing
During summer school, students worked together on a recycling project. They made recycling bins and taught others how to sort materials correctly. At first, they made mistakes, but they worked together to solve problems. By the end of the project, they had collected hundreds of recyclable items and helped improve their school.
Which evidence from the passage shows that the students used teamwork?
A. The students worked together by designing posters, collecting materials, and teaching others how to recycle.
B. The students made mistakes during the recycling project.
C. The students created recycling bins for their classrooms.
D. The students collected hundreds of recyclable items.
A. The students worked together by designing posters, collecting materials, and teaching others how to recycle.
Solve and explain:
925 - 478 = ?
447
Create your own two-step addition/subtraction problem.
Have fun with it!