The author's message or lesson the reader is meant to learn from the story.
What is the theme?
These words sound exactly the same but have two different spellings.
What is a homophone?
These are reasons why the European settlers came to America to form a new nation. Name 2.
What is "freedom of religion, looking for gold/silver/riches, finding a new trade route"?
The sum of 67 + 25.
What is 92?
Ms. Haury's cat
Who is "Win"?
Reader's need to activate this to help them connect with the text and develop a deeper understanding.
What is prior knowledge or schema?
What are "beginning capital letter, ending punctuation, spaces in between words, correct spelling, and makes sense?"
A changemaker is ...
What is "someone who tries to make new and better ways to do things, is brave, contributes to making our country better"?
The total of 6 quarters, 3 dimes, 4 nickels, and 2 pennies.
What is $2.02?
Ms. Haury's favorite color
What is green?
This text feature helps a reader locate information by coming at the top of the text (paragraph or page). Readers can find this text feature listed in the "Table of Contents".
What is a heading or sub title?
Name 3 places you might see a comma.
What is "in a date, in a greeting or closing of a letter, in a list or series of things"?
Describe an Indigenous Peoples tribe- how they used the resources around them to survive.
answers vary
The time when the hour hand is just past the 3 and the minute hand is touching the 8.
What is 3:40?
Ms. Haury's favorite drink (she has this at lunch every day)
What is sparkling water?
This word part comes at the end of the word and can change or add meaning to a word.
What is a suffix?
Ms. Haury always tells you to do this when you are all done writing.
What is "GO back, reread, make changes"?
The weather tool that measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
Complete this sentence comparing fractions: one-half __________ two-thirds.
What is "is less than"?
Ms. Haury's favorite summer time activity
When a reader puts what they already know with a clue from the text (that the author doesn't come right out and say) the reader is ________.
What is "making an inference"?
Adding -s or -es to the end of a word changes it from what to what.
What is "singular to plural"?
Matter that changes from a solid to a liquid is _____.
What is melting?
The estimate difference of 83 and 57.
What is 20?
Ms. Haury's favorite thing about Second Grade
What is the love and laughter of her students?