Main Idea
Have you ever stood next to someone who had bad breath?It is not fun. The medical word for bad breath is halitosis.
There are two kinds of bad breath: temporary and chronic. Temporary bad breath is caused by eating foods with a strong odor. Onions and garlic are two examples. Bad breath from these foods usually go away if you chew gum or brush your teeth.
Chronic bad breath is more serious. It is usually caused by bacteria in your mouth. Chronic bad breath is harder to get rid of.
If you take care of your teeth, you can avoid halitosis. Brush your teeth after every meal. It also helps to floss your teeth and clean your tongue once a day.
What is the main idea of this story?
A) Types of bad breath and how to help it. B) Bad breath is gross. c) There are two types of bad breath.
A) Types of bad breath and how to help it.
Have you ever stood next to someone who had bad breath?It is not fun. The medical word for bad breath is halitosis.
There are two kinds of bad breath: temporary and chronic. Temporary bad breath is caused by eating foods with a strong odor. Onions and garlic are two examples. Bad breath from these foods usually go away if you chew gum or brush your teeth.
Chronic bad breath is more serious. It is usually caused by bacteria in your mouth. Chronic bad breath is harder to get rid of.
If you take care of your teeth, you can avoid halitosis. Brush your teeth after every meal. It also helps to floss your teeth and clean your tongue once a day.
What is one way to get rid of bad breath?
Have you ever stood next to someone who had bad breath?It is not fun. The medical word for bad breath is halitosis.
There are two kinds of bad breath: temporary and chronic. Temporary bad breath is caused by eating foods with a strong odor. Onions and garlic are two examples. Bad breath from these foods usually go away if you chew gum or brush your teeth.
Chronic bad breath is more serious. It is usually caused by bacteria in your mouth. Chronic bad breath is harder to get rid of.
If you take care of your teeth, you can avoid halitosis. Brush your teeth after every meal. It also helps to floss your teeth and clean your tongue once a day.
If you don't brush your teeth what do you think will happen?
Cavities, bad breath
Have you ever stood next to someone who had bad breath?It is not fun. The medical word for bad breath is halitosis.
There are two kinds of bad breath: temporary and chronic. Temporary bad breath is caused by eating foods with a strong odor. Onions and garlic are two examples. Bad breath from these foods usually go away if you chew gum or brush your teeth.
Chronic bad breath is more serious. It is usually caused by bacteria in your mouth. Chronic bad breath is harder to get rid of.
If you take care of your teeth, you can avoid halitosis. Brush your teeth after every meal. It also helps to floss your teeth and clean your tongue once a day.
What is Halitosis?
The medical term for bad breath.
Have you ever stood next to someone who had bad breath?It is not fun. The medical word for bad breath is halitosis.
There are two kinds of bad breath: temporary and chronic. Temporary bad breath is caused by eating foods with a strong odor. Onions and garlic are two examples. Bad breath from these foods usually go away if you chew gum or brush your teeth.
Chronic bad breath is more serious. It is usually caused by bacteria in your mouth. Chronic bad breath is harder to get rid of.
If you take care of your teeth, you can avoid halitosis. Brush your teeth after every meal. It also helps to floss your teeth and clean your tongue once a day.
If your best friend had bad breath, what would you do?
Answers may vary.
- Tell them secretly and offer a mint
- Don't mention it if they can't do anything about it in the moment.
- Other appropriate responses.
A haiku is a simple, short poem. It has three lines. The first line has five syllables. The second line has seven syllables, and the third line has five syllables. The Haiku has 17 syllables altogether. Many haiku are about nature. They talk about things we can see, taste, smell, and touch.
What is the main idea of this story:
A) The second line of a haiku has seven syllables
B) Haiku's are often about nature.
C) Haikus are written a certain way.
C) Haikus are written a certain way.
A haiku is a simple, short poem. It has three lines. The first line has five syllables. The second line has seven syllables, and the third line has five syllables. The Haiku has 17 syllables altogether. Many haiku are about nature. They talk about things we can see, taste, smell, and touch.
What are a lot of Haikus about?
Nature
A haiku is a simple, short poem. It has three lines. The first line has five syllables. The second line has seven syllables, and the third line has five syllables. The Haiku has 17 syllables altogether. Many haiku are about nature. They talk about things we can see, taste, smell, and touch.
Why do you think people write Haiku's?
They are easy; they are fun; to express the beauty around you. etc.
A haiku is a simple, short poem. It has three lines. The first line has five syllables. The second line has seven syllables, and the third line has five syllables. The Haiku has 17 syllables altogether. Many haiku are about nature. They talk about things we can see, taste, smell, and touch.
What is a Haiku?
A) A poem about nature; B) a short poem that follows a strict set of rules. C) A poem with 17 syllables;
B) A short poem that follows a strict set of rules.
What would you do if somebody read a poem you wrote and said they hated it? How would you feel?
Answers may vary.
Percy Spencer was an engineer. He invented the microwave oven. The story of how he invented it is interesting.
Spencer liked to know why things happened. He liked to know how things worked. Some people said he was nosey. One day, he walked by some power tubes. Percy had a candy bar in his pocket. As he walked by the tubes, the candy bar started to melt. He brought more food to the lab. Percy learned that he could cook food with high frequency radio waves.
It would be years before Percy's idea became a microwave oven. It was his curiosity that led him to this invention. In his life he held 225 patents. He was a very nosey man.
What is the main idea of the story?
A) How the microwave oven was invented. B) Candy bars are good. C) Curiosity will get you in trouble.
A) How the microwave oven was invented.
Percy Spencer was an engineer. He invented the microwave oven. The story of how he invented it is interesting.
Spencer liked to know why things happened. He liked to know how things worked. Some people said he was nosey. One day, he walked by some power tubes. Percy had a candy bar in his pocket. As he walked by the tubes, the candy bar started to melt. He brought more food to the lab. Percy learned that he could cook food with high frequency radio waves.
It would be years before Percy's idea became a microwave oven. It was his curiosity that led him to this invention. In his life he held 225 patents. He was a very nosey man.
What was the name of the man who invented the Microwave?
A) Michael Spencer
b) Percy Spencer
C) Spencer Percy.
B) Percy Spencer
Percy Spencer was an engineer. He invented the microwave oven. The story of how he invented it is interesting.
Spencer liked to know why things happened. He liked to know how things worked. Some people said he was nosey. One day, he walked by some power tubes. Percy had a candy bar in his pocket. As he walked by the tubes, the candy bar started to melt. He brought more food to the lab. Percy learned that he could cook food with high frequency radio waves.
It would be years before Percy's idea became a microwave oven. It was his curiosity that led him to this invention. In his life he held 225 patents. He was a very nosey man.
What do you think would have happened if Percy wasn't such a nosey man?
A) He would have been more successful B) He would have invented the dishwasher. C) He would NOT have invented the microwave.
C) He would NOT have invented the microwave.
Percy Spencer was an engineer. He invented the microwave oven. The story of how he invented it is interesting.
Spencer liked to know why things happened. He liked to know how things worked. Some people said he was nosey. One day, he walked by some power tubes. Percy had a candy bar in his pocket. As he walked by the tubes, the candy bar started to melt. He brought more food to the lab. Percy learned that he could cook food with high frequency radio waves.
It would be years before Percy's idea became a microwave oven. It was his curiosity that led him to this invention. In his life he held 225 patents. He was a very nosey man.
What does curious mean?
A) bored B) inquisitive C) idea
B) Inquisitive.
Percy Spencer was an engineer. He invented the microwave oven. The story of how he invented it is interesting.
Spencer liked to know why things happened. He liked to know how things worked. Some people said he was nosey. One day, he walked by some power tubes. Percy had a candy bar in his pocket. As he walked by the tubes, the candy bar started to melt. He brought more food to the lab. Percy learned that he could cook food with high frequency radio waves.
It would be years before Percy's idea became a microwave oven. It was his curiosity that led him to this invention. In his life he held 225 patents. He was a very nosey man.
If you were Percy's friend how would you feel about him being nosey?
Answers may vary.
There are more bugs on Earth than any other creature. Insects are important to us. They eat dead plants. They eat dead animals. Just think what it would be like if bugs did not exist. Dead plants and animals would be everywhere! Yuck!
Bugs are important to other animals. Many animals eat them. If these bugs were extinct, the animals that eat them would be too.
Insects make things we use, such as honey, silk, and wax, just to name a few. They pollinate flowers and other crops like fruit trees.
Some peopled say insects are pests. Some insects carry diseases like malaria. Other insects destroy crops. Over one million species of insects have been identified. Only a few hundred of them are a problem.
What is the main idea of this passage?
Insects are important.
There are more bugs on Earth than any other creature. Insects are important to us. They eat dead plants. They eat dead animals. Just think what it would be like if bugs did not exist. Dead plants and animals would be everywhere! Yuck!
Bugs are important to other animals. Many animals eat them. If these bugs were extinct, the animals that eat them would be too.
Insects make things we use, such as honey, silk, and wax, just to name a few. They pollinate flowers and other crops like fruit trees.
Some peopled say insects are pests. Some insects carry diseases like malaria. Other insects destroy crops. Over one million species of insects have been identified. Only a few hundred of them are a problem.
How many species of insects have been identified?
Over one million.
There are more bugs on Earth than any other creature. Insects are important to us. They eat dead plants. They eat dead animals. Just think what it would be like if bugs did not exist. Dead plants and animals would be everywhere! Yuck!
Bugs are important to other animals. Many animals eat them. If these bugs were extinct, the animals that eat them would be too.
Insects make things we use, such as honey, silk, and wax, just to name a few. They pollinate flowers and other crops like fruit trees.
Some peopled say insects are pests. Some insects carry diseases like malaria. Other insects destroy crops. Over one million species of insects have been identified. Only a few hundred of them are a problem.
What would happen if there were no insects in our world?
Many animals would die, dead animals would be around, and we wouldn't have important things like honey and silk.
There are more bugs on Earth than any other creature. Insects are important to us. They eat dead plants. They eat dead animals. Just think what it would be like if bugs did not exist. Dead plants and animals would be everywhere! Yuck!
Bugs are important to other animals. Many animals eat them. If these bugs were extinct, the animals that eat them would be too.
Insects make things we use, such as honey, silk, and wax, just to name a few. They pollinate flowers and other crops like fruit trees.
Some peopled say insects are pests. Some insects carry diseases like malaria. Other insects destroy crops. Over one million species of insects have been identified. Only a few hundred of them are a problem.
What is another word for insect?
Bug
If you went out to your yard and saw a giant pile of ants, what would you do??
Rachel was so excited. The school spelling bee was tomorrow. She had been studying for weeks. First, she had practiced all the words from her class spelling lists. Then, her brother picked out words from the dictionary for her to spell. After all that studying, Rachel was confident that she was ready for her spelling bee.
What is the main idea of this story?
Rachel studying for a spellin bee.
Rachel was so excited. The school spelling bee was tomorrow. She had been studying for weeks. First, she had practiced all the words from her class spelling lists. Then, her brother picked out words from the dictionary for her to spell. After all that studying, Rachel was confident that she was ready for her spelling bee.
How did Rachel's brother help her study for the spelling Bee?
Would pick out random words in the dictionary to have Rachel spell.
Rachel was so excited. The school spelling bee was tomorrow. She had been studying for weeks. First, she had practiced all the words from her class spelling lists. Then, her brother picked out words from the dictionary for her to spell. After all that studying, Rachel was confident that she was ready for her spelling bee.
What do you think will happen at the spelling bee?
Rachel is going to win/ Rachel is going to do really well.
Rachel was so excited. The school spelling bee was tomorrow. She had been studying for weeks. First, she had practiced all the words from her class spelling lists. Then, her brother picked out words from the dictionary for her to spell. After all that studying, Rachel was confident that she was ready for her spelling bee.
What is a spelling bee?
A contest where people are asked to spell increasingly more difficult words.
Rachel was so excited. The school spelling bee was tomorrow. She had been studying for weeks. First, she had practiced all the words from her class spelling lists. Then, her brother picked out words from the dictionary for her to spell. After all that studying, Rachel was confident that she was ready for her spelling bee.
How would you feel if you were about to participate in a spelling bee.
answers will vary.