Ms. MacDonald
Vocabulary
Context Clues
Grammar & Editing
Story Elements
100
The grade Ms. MacDonald teaches

What is first grade?

100

This word means VERY big

What is enormous?

100

We use these to figure out the meaning of unknown words

What are context clues?

100

Which sentence is correct?
A. she runs fast
B. She runs fast.

What is B?

100

This is who the story is about

What are characters?

200

The score you want on short response questions.

What is a 3?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
200

A synonym for happy

What is joyful?

200

“The desert was arid, with no rain for months.”
What does arid mean?

What is dry?

200

What punctuation ends a question

What is a question mark?

200

Where and when the story takes place

What is the setting?

300
The pet Ms. MacDonald has

What is a cat?

300

An antonym for difficult

What is easy?

300

“She sprinted quickly to the finish line.”
What does sprinted mean?

What is ran fast?

300

Fix this sentence:
the dog bark loud

What is: The dog barked loudly.

300

The problem in the story

What is conflict?

400

One rule Ms. MacDonald has about her rug

What is: (ex. no food or drink on the carpet, etc.)?

400

If someone is “brave,” what kind of person are they?

What is someone who is not afraid?

400

“The kitten was tiny, unlike the enormous dog.”
What does enormous mean?

What is very big?

400

What part of speech is “run”?

What is a verb?

400

How the problem gets solved

What is the solution?

500

What RADD stands for?

What is: restate, answer, detail 1, detail 2?

500

Which word best replaces “said” in this sentence:
“She was so excited,” he ___ .

What is exclaimed?

500

This tells you what the passage is mostly about

What is the main idea?

500

Choose the correct word:
They (is/are) going to the park.

What is are?

500

The most exciting part of the story

What is the climax?

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