Science
Rooted in Reading
GWG
Fractions
North Carolina
100

Is a monkey a mammal?

Yes

100
In which book did a character try to ruin his school picture?

Picture Day Perfection

100

What did the old lady bring the students?

Umbrellas

100

Simplify this fraction 2/10

1/5

100

Did you know that 4th graders went to Raleigh to make having this state vegetable into law. 

Sweet Potato

200

Why do birds have different kinds of beaks?

To eat different types of foods

200

In which book did something floating down the river bring a grandmother and grandson together?

The Raft

200

What was the rule about the umbrellas?

No one could travel anywhere without his or her teacher.

200

Change this improper fraction into a mixed number

16/5

3 and 1/5

200

Conrad Reed found a huge chunk of gold, but he did not know it was gold.  What did he use it as?  We read about this in N.C. Dailies

A doorstop

300

Give an example of an amphibian.

Frog, salamander

300

Which was the very first book we read?

Being Frank

300

What were always 2 mistakes?

Capital letter and punctuation at the end of the sentence.

300

Add these fractions  6/10 + 2/10 and simplify

4/5

300

Did you know we have a state marsupial?  An animal with a pouch.  What is it?

Opposum

400
What classification is Jasmine in?  Fish, Mammal, Bird, Amphibian, or Reptile?

Reptile

400

What Christmas book did we read where an old lady was so angry all the time, but changed by the end of the story?

The Legend of Bella Befana

400

What is wrong with this sentence

ms petree the teacher screeched in fear because she was afraid of heights

Ms. Petree, the teacher, screeched in fear, because she was afraid of heights.

400

Change 6/10 into a decimal

0.6

400

What does our state motto, Esse Quam Videri mean?

To be rather than to seem

500

Give an example of a mollusk

Snail

500

In Ruby's Wish, what gift did she get at the end of the story?

An invitation to go to a university.

500

What happened to the umbrellas of students who broke the rules?

They would not work for a while

500

Decompose this fraction 6/10

1/10 + 1/10 + 1/10 + 1/10 + 1/10 + 1/10 or

3/10 + 3/10  or 5/10 + 1/10 or 4/10 + 2/10

500

Name something on our state seal.

Boat, Woman, Cornucopia

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