Grammar
These come in helping, linking, and action types. Am, have, and running are examples of this part of speech.
Verb
1.
When I ask you to find text evidence from the passage in your writing, what are you doing?
Hint: It's what the C in RACE stands for.
cite
Sat, hat, mat..
(accept correct rhymes)
When I compare and contrast, what am I doing?
Telling how things are alike and different.
What is a noun?
a word used to identify people, places, animals, or things.
They can be common like girl or proper like Jenna.
2.
grade
What is an antonym?
Two words that are opposites. Example: Good and bad
3
What kind of characters could you find in a fantasy story?
Dragons, fairies, trolls, vampires, etc.
(accept other correct responses)
These punctuation marks are used to show a pause. You might use them after writing the greeting of a letter, in between items in a list, or before a coordinating conjunction.
Comma
3.
music
When I compare two things, what am I doing?
I am telling how they are alike.
When we see an e at the end of a word, it usually makes the vowel "say it's name." Example: smile
When a vowel says its name, what kind of vowel is it?
Long
Smile has a long I sound.
Complete the analogy:
big is to little as up is to _________.
Down
This is a shortened form of a word that leaves out certain letters or sounds. When letters are left out, you replace them with an apostrophe. What do we call words like don't, we'll, and could've?
Contraction
teacher
What is a heading?
A title for a section of writing. It tells what that section is about.
Give a synonym for the word mad.
Angry
When I use time order words like "first, next, then..." what type of organization am I using?
Sequencing
Interrogative sentences end with this punctuation mark.
Question mark (?)
5.
strength
These are sections of writing that describe pictures.
Captions
What is a homophone?
Example: son and sun
What does the root word bio mean?
It can be found in words like biology and autobiography.
Life