Cricket in
Times Square
Classroom Routines
Lit Letters
Haiku/Senryu
NY Songs
100

This singer is the book's protagonist. 

Who is Chester cricket?

100

Free writing on the final day of the week is called this. 

What is Five Minute Friday? 

100

The first information you write on you letter is the date, this is the last, in the font of your choice. 

What is your name or signature?

100

Haiku are about nature. Senryu are about _____. 

What is human nature? 

100

A Frank Sinatra cover, the drummer breaks into a goofy smile as this song ends. 

What is "New York, New York?"

200

The part of the plot when Chester decides to leave NYC is called the _____. 

What is the climax?

200

If you hit a single, you get this. 

What is all of it? 

200

Your lit letter should be this many paragraphs long. 

What is three? 

200

Haiku poetry originated in this country. 

What is Japan? 

200

Taylor Swift sings this atop a building in the song's signature city. 

What is "Welcome to New York?" 

300

This music teacher writes a letter to the New York Times.

Who is Mr. Smedley? 

300

The phrase Boston Strong inspired this poster, which also sums up the first classroom expectation, "Take care of each other." 

What is B NICE? 

300

We're supposed to read one book per month. You'll write about your books in lit letters, and talk about them in this. 

What are RED Talks? 

300

Our four Haiku and Senryu will include one of each of these calendarish events.  

What are seasons? 

300

Dr. Tooth and Electric Mayhem slow jam this Billy Joel cover. 

What is "New York State of Mind?" 

400

Chester's final song, the sextet from Loochy the Murmurer, is in this part of the story's plot line.

What is the falling action? 

400

The back of your notebook is supposed to contain these two lists. 

What are Books to Read Next and a Reading Log?

400

Your letter's final paragraph should include a claim, summarized evidence, and this copied from the book. 

What is a quotation? 

400

There are seventeen total om in a Japanese haiku. We call them this. 

What are syllables? 

400

"King of New York" is a song from this Broadway musical about the newspaper industry at the turn of the 20th century. 

What is Newsies? 

500

This upbeat music style was playing on the radio when Tucker knocked over the matches that started the newsstand fire. 

What is a rhumba? 

500

Active listening is a combination of these three activities. 

What are eyes on the speaker, quiet body, and brain thinking about what's being said? 

500

If you're writing about the author's message from the book, you're writing about this. 

What is theme? 

500

In Mr. S's favorite Guyku, the narrator says, "If this puddle could talk, I think it would tell me to splash" this person. 

Who is my sister? 

500

This American folk singer is known for "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," "Operator," and "New York's Not My Home." 

Who is Jim Croce? 

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