Inferencing
It is very noisy in here. People are cheering and jumping up and down. I can smell the popcorn and I see a man selling hot dogs. I just saw a person running and heard someone yell "SAFE". Where am I?
What is at a baseball game?
What type of punctuation goes at the end of this sentence?
I can't believe you did that.......
period (.) exclamation mark (!) question mark (?)
What is an exclamation mark.
The blue bird flew in the sky.
What is blue.
True or false.
Proper nouns have to be capitalized.
What is true? All proper nouns have to be capitalized.
When the meter maid saw the lady crying over her ticket, he felt badly and decided to let her "off the hook".
What does "off the hook" mean?
(A) The lady had to pay the ticket
(B) The lady did not have to pay the ticket
What is B? In this scenario, "off the hook" means that the lady did not have to pay the ticket.
What is this awful music that I hear? Every time, I see someone new, they push a button and I go up and down again. I'm starting to get sick but I keep missing my floor. Where am I?
What is on an elevator?
What type of punctuation goes at the end of this sentence?
Did you know which class she went into....
What is a question mark?
I ate some strawberry ice cream last night after dinner.
What is strawberry.
Which of the following words is a noun?
(A) red
(B) Mrs. Brown
(C) jumping
(D) five
What is Mrs. Brown. She is a noun because she is a person.
Daily Double (2x points)
My brother couldn't wait to jump in the pool but mom said "Hold your horses!"
What does "Hold your horses mean"?
(a) Jump in the pool
(b) Wait
What is B? "Hold your horses" means that you need to wait.
Andi loves to learn about new habitats and animals. She also became very excited when she found out that she had to do a project on one of the planets. What do you think is Andi's favorite subject?
What is science?
What type of punctuation goes at the end of this sentence?
We went to Chick fil A for dinner last night....
period (.) exclamation mark (!) question mark (?)
What is a period.
My cell phone bill was enormous last month.
What is enormous.
Daily Double (2x points)
True or false. A noun is something that describes a person, place, thing, or idea?
What is true?
I dared my sister to get on the biggest rollercoaster in the park. She said that she would but when we got up to the front of the line, she got cold feet.
What does "cold feet" mean?
(A) She sat in the front row and had a great time
(B) She decided not to ride the rollercoaster
What is (B)? Saying that someone got "cold feet" means that they decided not to do something.
Daily Double (2x points)
An octopus lives in the ocean. Sometimes, it shoots out a black liquid in order to make a quick getaway. Why do you think an octopus would need to make a quick getaway?
What is because it is afraid and/or sees a predator?
DAILY DOUBLE (2x points)
Does this sentence have the correct punctuation?
That was awesome, let's do that again?
What is no. The sentence should have an exclamation mark at the end.
Did you see that fat, lazy cat sitting on my car?
What is fat or lazy.
Identify a noun in the sentence below.
I ran home to get my bookbag.
What is home or bookbag?
Once in a blue moon, dad will take me to Rita's to get my favorite water ice.
What does "Once in a blue moon" mean?
(A) Whenever I want
(B) Every now and then
What is (B)? "Once in a blue moon" describes something that does not happen very often.
Thousands of people traveled on the Oregon trail looking for a better life in the west. They had to pack a lot of food and supplies. Why do you think that they took so many things with them for the trip?
Answers may vary but students can talk about the need to be safe, not go hungry, not having a lot of money etc.
What type of punctuation do you use at the end of a statement?
period (.) question mark (?) exclamation mark (!)
What is a period.
Adjectives describe nouns.
True or false? Common nouns do not have to be capitalized.
What is true? Common nouns include words such as school, dog and car.
Carla always brags about becoming a millionaire one day. When Steve heard Carla talking, he laughed and said "You'll become a millionaire when pigs fly!"
What does "When pigs fly" mean?
(A) Yea right, that will never happen
(B) I'm your biggest supporter
What is (A)? Telling someone "When pigs fly", that means that most likely will never happen.