Reading
What would be a hink pink for a swamp with an amphibian living in it?
Bog Frog
Two words ending in -tion (they MUST be spelled correctly)
Electrocution, Election, Motion, Emotion, Floccinaucinihilipilification, Etc.
1.5 x 34
51
What kind of rights did Fannie Lou Hamer fight for?
Voting Rights
What is Mahtab’s last name?
Mahmoodzadeh
Name the first book we read aloud this year
Restart
Because
6 divided by ½
12
Name two living things that were resources used by most northwest tribes
salmon, cedar, salal, huckleberry, and many more...
What is the first and last name of the founder of Giddens?
Huda Giddens
The word for a story that uses animals or aliens to represent a real world situation to make a point
Allegory
What is a hook when you are writing?
A hook is something you use to grab the reader's attention at the beginning of a piece of writing
How many centimeters are there in 6 meters?
600
Which of the following options is not matter?
Criqui's beard, clouds, sunlight, milkshakes
Sunlight
How many different middle schools are Giddens 5th graders going to next year?
9
2 allegorical categories from We Are Not From Here
Government, Arts/music, emotions, Power, Immigration, Media
What two ways of creating a paragraph are both ok?
Indenting the first line of the new paragraph and using white space between the paragraphs
If the volume of a box is 27, and the length is 3 and the width is 3, what shape is the box?
3
What is it called when voting districts are made in really weird shapes to make the election come out a certain way?
Gerrymandering
What is the largest US state by area?
Alaska
Name four characters from We Are Not From Here
Lots!
Write a metophor using the word lion
An example could be "The man let out an angry lion's roar when he discovered he'd lost the game."
True or false: a rhombus is a square and a square is a rhombus
False
Define Xenophobia
The fear of people who are considered 'other', usually expressed through racism and fear of people who look different, are from foreign places, or have different types of beliefs
How many children of their own do Lynsey, Coach Tiff, Sarah Jane, Angie, Arika, Margaret, Mahtab, and Elizabeth have?
8