Vocabulary
What is the meaning of the word roost?
A. A male chicken
B. a way to cook meat
C. Where bats sleep
C. Where bats sleep
A. -able
B. -ible
What does Bat do at the start of the story?
A. Catch a moth
B. Feed her baby
C. Wake up
C. Wake up
ruler
A. V/CV and why
B. VC/V and why
A. V/CV
because the vowel u is long and strong
Which word or words below is a verb?
A. slither
B. twitch
C. echolocation
A and B
slither and twitch
Echolocation is a NOUN (a thing)
What word means "to sleep during the day"?
A. echolocation
B. nocturnal
C. doze
B. nocturnal
What do the suffix -able and -ible mean?
able to be
Why do baby bats stay in their nest the first few weeks?
Because they cannot fly
depend
A. V/CV and why
B. VC/V and why
A. V/CV
because the vowel e is long and strong
What is a verb?
an action
Choose the correct suffix for the root word accept and tell me why.
A. -ible
B. -able
-able because the root accept is able to be a word on its own
What does Bat do BEFORE she begins to fly?
A. Feeds her baby
B. Unfurls her wings
C. Shouts loudly
B. Unfurls her wings
Which word is a VC/V word and why?
A. donut
B. puddle
C. dragon
C. dragon
because the a is short and weak and need the consonant g's protection
give me 2 verbs you would use when talking about bats
(think of words from the story or some vocab words)
fly eat hear
echo feed hunt
snuggle doze see
squeak sleep swoop
What does the word SLITHER mean in the sentence below?
The snake slithers away.
A. turns
B. slides
B. slides
Why do we use the suffix -ible on the root word incredible?
because the root incred is not a word alone without the suffix ible
What is Bat's voice compared to?
A. A wrapper falling from candy
B. A flashlight
C. A leaf
B. A flashlight
False
because the vowel a is short and needs the protection from the consonant
am is are was were being been be have has had do does did shall will should would may might must can could
Use the word snuggle in a sentence with a a complete subject and complete predicate.
Must use subject and predicate
Choose the correct suffix for the word CHANGE and spell the word correctly.
changeable
DONT DROP THE "GE" (or ce)
Is the author comparing or contrasting? And tell me what they mean by that sentence.
Comparing
Comparing how bats need the night to survive just like fish need the water to survive.
When we split the syllables of a word with syllable pattern VC/V, the first vowel must be what?
short/weak/closed
must have helping verb and an action verb