Grammar
What is a group of ox called?
Oxen
Miss Hines brought in 54 cupcakes for the last day of school. How many cupcakes will each student get if they are divided equally?
3
What was the name of the main character in The Origami Master?
Shima
True or False: A square is always a rectangle, but a rectangle is not always a square.
True
What does the word "nourish" mean? (Used in Saguaro Story)
To provide with food
This is a prefix used to describe when you do something again.
Miss Hines wants to build a yard for Watson that has an area of 35 feet squared. One of the sides was 7 feet long. How long is the other side?
5 feet
Bummer and Lazarus lived in what city?
San Francisco
This is the name for any closed shape made with straight lines.
Polygon
Name two elements of a fable:
-short story
-2-3 characters
-characters are usually animals or things that act like people
-teaches a lesson or a moral
How do you spell the plural form of puppy?
auto
Watson and his 2 best friends decide to have a picnic. If they all brought in 27 pieces of kibble for their lunch, how many pieces of kibble would there be in all?
81 pieces of kibble
What job did Mei take?
She worked as a chef.
Rectangles, Squares, Parallelograms, and Trapezoids all fall into this category.
Quadrilaterals
What part of speech is the word "craggy" (from Country Mouse and City Mouse)
adjective
clapping
How many milliliters are in a liter?
One Thousand!
How many branches of the US government are there?
Bonus point for each one you can name.
3: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
True or false: all sides of a rhombus are equal length.
True
What does the word "vast" mean? (from This is Panama?)
very large
What is the past tense of the verb "hope"
11:45
What was the name of the movement where many African Americans moved to a neighborhood in New York and created art, music, and literature.
The Harlem Renaissance
What is the name of a 10-sided shape?
Decagon
What is the word we use for a story that has events happen in the correct order (begins with a C)
chronological