Bananas
What is a root word?
a word that stands alone - with no prefixes or suffixes (happy is the root word of "unhappy")
What are these: " "
Quotation marks
What does the Greek root aqua mean?
a. water
b. airA. water
How many weeks are in a year?
52
What are the names of Ms. Truscello's kids?
Rudy and Delilah
What POV uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story and is told by someone NOT in the story?
Third-person point of view
What is an example of a verb?
run, skip, walk, jump, etc
The prefix bi- in bicycle means what?
Two or 2
Some of you are a decade old.
How long is a decade?
10 years
What is our principal's name?
Ms. Kellum
Identify the error in this sentence:
joey likes to swim, ride bikes and read books
The sentence should be:
Joey likes to swim, ride bikes, and read books.
What word is a verb in the following sentence?
Tony slithered quietly down the hallway.
slithered
If the root -ist means someone who is, what does the word artist mean?
Someone who is skill in art or one who makes art.
What does the suffix -ful mean?
What grade did Ms. Truscello teach before 6th grade?
2nd grade
What is the theme of this paragraph?
Sadie was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke her mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. She went to her mom and told her what she had done even though she knew she'd be punished.
The theme is honesty
Emily assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing.
What does the word "assumed" mean?
suspected or guessed
What type of text structure puts events in order?
sequence or chronological
What does the prefix "pre" mean?
before
What is our school mascot?
The Wolf
Details that help support a main idea are called____.
Supporting details
An exclamatory sentence ends with what kind of punctuation mark?
Exclamation point
I was bending over backwards to please my new teacher. What does the idiom "bending over backwards" mean?
Really trying hard to please.
What does the simile "her heart was a big as gold" mean?
She was really nice.
What is the best subject?
ELA, duh!