Mrs. Nelson
What is Mrs. Nelson's favorite color
green
PARTS OF A SENTENCE
This part of a sentence tells who or what the sentence is about.
What is the subject
RATES & RATIOS
This is the ratio of 12 apples to 3 baskets simplified to its lowest terms.
What is 4:1?
STORY ELEMENTS
This is the person, animal, or figure who the story is mostly about.
What is the main character?
HISTORY & FACTS
This bird, known for its haunting call, is Minnesota’s official state bird.
What is the common loon?
What is Mrs. Nelson's favorite super hero
Wonder Woman
PUNCTUATION
These marks are used to separate items in a list, after introductory words, or to set off extra information in a sentence.
What are commas
FRACTIONS & DECIMALS
This is the decimal form of 3/8.
What is 0.375?
VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT
This strategy helps readers figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word by looking at the words and sentences around it.
What are context clues?
GEOGRAPHY
This river forms much of Minnesota’s eastern border and is one of the most important rivers in the United States.
What is the Mississippi River?
How old is Mrs. Nelson's son
11
PRONOUNS
This type of pronoun refers back to a noun and must agree with it in number and gender.
What is a personal pronoun
EXPRESSIONS & EQUATIONS
This is the value of x in the equation:
x+7=19
What is 12?
MAKING INFERENCES
When a reader uses clues from the text and their own background knowledge to figure something out that the author does not directly say, they are doing this.
What is making an inference?
INDIGENOUS HISTORY
These two Indigenous groups have long lived in the area now known as Minnesota and continue to play an important role in the state today.
Who are the Dakota and the Ojibwe (Anishinaabe)?
How old is Mrs. Nelson's daughter
VERB TENSE
This verb tense shows that an action already happened, such as in the sentence: “She walked to school.”
What is past tense?
GEOMETRY
This is the area of a rectangle with a length of 9 units and a width of 6 units.
What is 54 square units?
THEME AND CENTRAL IDEA
This is the lesson, message, or big idea the author wants readers to understand after reading a story.
What is the theme?
STATEHOOD
Minnesota became the 32nd state in the United States in this year.
What is 1858?
What year did Mrs. Nelson graduate high school
2008
COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS
This word means “belonging to you,” not the contraction meaning “you are.”
What is your?
INTEGERS & PROBLEM SOLVING
A submarine is at –45 feet below sea level. It rises 28 feet. This is its new position.
What is –17 feet?
TEXT EVIDENCE
To support an answer about a text, readers should do this by using specific details or quotes from the passage.
What is citing textual evidence?
MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT & HISTORY
This city is Minnesota’s capital, where the state government meets at the Capitol building.
What is Saint Paul?