Books We Read
Vowel Types
Writing
Asian-American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Grab Bag
100
What was your favorite book we read this year?
Answers vary
100
Which syllable type has two vowels next to each other?
Vowel team/Heath Bar
100
Words make up a sentence; sentences make up a _________
paragraph
100
True or False:
May was chosen to celebrate Asians and Pacific Islanders because it marks the first time they landed in the United States.
True
100
The frisbee was invented when someone decided to throw a _________ at a picnic.
Pie plate
200
Which animal in Aesop's Fables dropped his meat, learning to appreciate what he had?
A dog
200
What vowel type is seen here?
pair
Bossy 'r'/Starburst
200
What are the two parts of a sentence?
naming/who/what/subject, telling/what they did/predicate
200
Name three place an Asian-American or Pacific Islander may come from.
Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, China, Japan, Korea, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos
200
In 1816, a ______ in Indonesia erupted, causing temperatures across the world to drop. There was no summer!
volcano
300
How did Eliza save her brothers?
by knitting them sweaters made out of nettles
300
What vowel type has a consonant-le?
Skittles
300
Is this a complete,fragment, or run-on sentence?
First, I went to the store I didn't like what I saw, so I just went back home mom was angry
run-on
300
May was also chosen as the month to celebrate their heritage because of the completion the transcontinental ______ (mode of transportation), built largely by Chinese workers.
railroad (train, train tracks)
300
July is National ________ Month. Make sure to get a few licks in!
Ice cream
400
True or False:
Istanbul spans across Europe and Africa.
False: Europe and Asia
400
What vowel type do you see here?
no
Rolo/Open
400
What are the three parts of a paragraph? (I will give you credit for naming one)
Introduction, details, conclusion
400
Name a popular Disney movie based in Asia or the Pacific Islands (or inspired by those places).
Moana, Moana 2, Lilo & Stitch, Raya and the Last Dragon
400
The Far North (Canada, Alaska, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Russia) experiences "midnight sun" every summer, a phenomenon in which these places have ______ all day!
sun
500
What is a fable?
A fiction story with a moral (lesson) to learn
500
What TWO vowel types are here?
cupcake
KitKat/Closed, Mike&Ike/Magic E
500
How many paragraphs are in a typical essay?
5
500
What is the top job area for Asian-Americans/Pacific Islanders?
a. Sales
b. Transportation
c. Business
c. Business
500
In Morocco, these animals climb trees in the summer!
goats