Math
What is 27 x 18?
486
What was the main characters' names in the book Tiger Rising?
Rob and Sistine
What are the 4 natural regions of CA?
Coast, Desert, Valley, and Mountains
What was the FIRST writing unit we did in class?
Personal Narratives
What is the name of Ms. Blakes' brother and what is he studying in school?
Robert, he is studying medicine. He is becoming a doctor.
What is a prime number?
A number that only has itself and 1 as its factors
Melody has cerebral palsy
What state did the majority of people immigrate from during the Dust Bowl?
*hint! They had a nickname...
Oklahoma- Okies!
What does every sentence need to start with?
What was the name of the city that Ms. Blakes went to college?
San Diego
1, 56, 2, 28, 4, 14, 7, 8
What is the name of the book Praiseworthy reads in order to beat the Mountain Ox?
The Gentleman's Book of Boxing
Why/how did we get the name, Silicon Valley?
Because computer chips are made out of a mineral called SILICON.
An adjective is a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun, providing more information about its qualities, characteristics, or attributes.
What is the name of Ms. Blakes' new part time job?
Los Altos Grill
What does the P stand for in PEMDAS?
parentheses
Why did Charolette run away from the orphanage?
Because she was told she wasn't allowed to participate in the horse races.
Because her best friend was getting adopted.
Because she was tired of being treated so badly by the owners of the orphanage.
Who were in charge of the missions in CA and who did they try to convert to Christianity?
Spanish-- converting Native American Indians
What type of figure of speech is this?
"The lump of gold was the size of an acorn. It was trapped in the fine grass roots like a fly in a spider's web."
Simile
What is Ms. Blakes' favorite animal AND color?
Panda and PINK!
What is the formula for both area and perimeter?
Area: base x height
Perimeter: (2L)+ (2W) or L+L+W+W or 2(L+W)
What did Jack and Praiseworthy sell to Mr. Azariah Jones in chapter 18 to make $400?
Cats!
Name the term to this definition: a negative opinion about a group or its members that results from judging people without knowing them.
prejudice
True or False: when listing a set of items, you must put a comma after the second to last item, before the word "and"
Ex: lemon, apple, and banana OR lemon, apple and banana
True! First example is correct
What grade is Ms. Blakes' teaching next year?
4th!!