Main Idea
What is the main idea of a story or paragraph?
What is what the story or paragraph is mostly about?
What part of speech names a person, place, animal, or thing?
A Noun
Fix this sentence:
my dog likes to play.
My dog likes to play.
Where was Jacques Cousteau born?
France
Name all 5 vowel and explain how vowels are different from consonants.
AEIOU Y
Read: Dogs can make wonderful pets. They can play with you, protect your home, and be loving companions.
What is the main idea?
What is Dogs can make wonderful pets?
Identify the verb in the sentence below
The girl ran to the store.
ran
Fix the sentence:
chance and maison went to the beech and aet chipes
Chance and Maison went to the beach and ate chips.
Name 3 of Jacques Cousteau's inventions
Aqua Lung, Diving Saucer, Sea Flea
What state did Trisha move to from Michigan?
California
Read: Lions have an interesting way of living. Lions live in groups called prides. They work together to find food and protect one another.
Name one key detail from the passage.
What is Lions live in groups called prides? OR What is They work together to find food and protect one another?
What is an adjective? Give 3 examples.
DOUBLE POINTS
i am a stoodent at westside atlanta charter school
I am a student at Westside Atlanta Charter School.
What was the name of Jacques Cousteau's boat?
Calypso
What grade was Trisha in when she learned how to read?
5th
Read the paragraph:
Bees are important to many plants. As bees move from flower to flower collecting nectar, they carry pollen with them. This helps plants make seeds so new plants can grow.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
Answers vary
In the sentence The excited children played outside, identify the noun, verb, and adjective.
What is noun: children; verb: played; adjective: excited?
His Teacher telled him to cleen it up.
His teacher told him to clean it up.
What year was Jacques Cousteau born?
1910
What is a homophone?
Give an example.
two words that sound the same but are not spelled the same and don't mean the same thing.
Read the paragraph:
During the winter, some animals have trouble finding enough food. Bears may sleep for long periods, while birds may fly to warmer places where food is easier to find. Other animals grow thicker fur to stay warm.
Which two key details best support the main idea that animals have different ways of surviving winter?
What is Bears sleep for long periods and birds fly to warmer places?
Other acceptable detail: Some animals grow thicker fur to stay warm.
Read the sentence: The enormous elephant slowly carried the heavy logs.
Identify two adjectives, one noun, and one verb.
What are enormous and heavy (adjectives), elephant or logs (noun), and carried (verb
Laya is the fastist therd gradur in the skool.
Laya is the fastest third grader in the school.
2,200 years old
What is a homograph?
Give an example.
two words that are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings