4th Grade
ELA
ELA
What word is a verb in the following sentence?
Tony slithered quietly down the hallway.
slithered
What are these: " "
Quotation marks
Name the spelling error.
Mrs. Crow teachs math at my school.
Teaches.
What month is my birthday in?
October
Ms. Matty is completely opposed to killing animals for food.
What does the word opposed mean?
against it
Find the spelling error.
Mrs. Crow teachs math at my school.
teaches
Fact or opinion: "Green beans taste like boogers."
Opinion
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Similes compare using "like" or "as"
What is my favorite color?
teal
The students looked perplexed when I tried to explain the grammar lesson.
What does perplexed mean?
confused
What two words make the contraction "doesn't"?
does + not
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
What type of figurative language?
The big, brown, bear beat me at basketball.
Alliteration
What is my room number?
23
Jack found putting the dishes away every night to be a tedious job. He was getting so bored of it.
What does the word "tedious" mean?
Boring, uninteresting, unexciting.
Which verb tense is correct?
There ______ 16 cows in the barn.
(Is / Are)
Are
In which sentence can you usually find the main idea of a paragraph?
the topic sentence (usually the first sentence)
What type of figurative language?
The clouds danced across the sky.
Personification
In what state did I start teaching?
Massachusettes
The town harmoniously gathered to celebrate the coming of the spring!
What does harmoniously mean?
Agreeably or friendly
What is the adverb in this sentences?
The grey mouse crept quietly towards the cheese.
quietly
What are the bold words that occur throughout a non-fiction text to signal a new section called?
sub-headings
What type of figurative language?
Don't spill the beans about the surprise party!
Idiom
What is special about my dog?
She is a tripod!
The student found it beneficial to study for her test.
What does beneficial mean?
Helpful or favorable.
What is the punctuation in the word hasn't called?
apostrophe
What is it called when we put together what we already know about something together with what we read?
An inference
I would love to go (there, they're, their) one day and see (there, they're, their) beautiful farm.
There - Their
How do you spell my last name?
Matarazzo
There was an immense distance between the two sides of the grand canyon.
What does immense mean?
large or vast
These words are used to combine sentences.
(Think: FANBOYS)
Conjunctions!
A writer would most likely write an article about how steam engine trains were invented and designed in order to:
a. inform readers about the history of the steam engine.
b. entertain people who really like trains
a. inform readers about the history of the steam engine
My new pants were on (sale/sail) at the store.
My soccer team (beet/beat) our rivals.
sale / beat
What does my son do outside of school?
He's an actor.
Acceptable answers: mountain biking, RC cars, Gaming
The theif tried to evade the police by ducking down the ally.
What does evade mean?