5th Grade
ELA
ELA
What is a root word?
a word that stands alone - with no prefixes or suffixes.
Bonus- Give an example of a root word then add a prefix or suffix to it
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Quotation marks
What does the Greek root aqua mean?
a. water
b. airA. water
How many weeks are in a year?
52
What is Ms. Weiler's favorite color?
Yellow
Uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
What point of view is this? First, second or third?
Third-person point of view
What is an example of a verb?
run, skip, walk, jump, etc
Some of you are a decade old.
How long is a decade?
10 years
When is Ms. Weiler's birthday?
July 4th
Identify the error in this sentence:
joey likes to swim, ride bikes and read books
Joey should be capitalized.
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 is Ms. Weiler's eye color?
Green
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
The text structure what put events in order is know as ___________.
a. compare and contrast
b. sequence or chronological
c. problem and solution
b. sequence or chronological
What does the prefix "pre" mean?
before
Where did Ms. Weiler go to college?
Washburn
Details that help support a main idea are called____.
Supporting details
An exclamatory sentence ends with a/an....
Exclamation point
I was told to break a leg before goin on for my performance. What does the idiom "break a leg" mean?
Telling someone good luck or to do a good job.
What does the simile " her heart was a big as gold" mean?
She was really nice.
What is Ms. Weiler's sonic order?
Dr. Pepper add vanilla