Fractions
Math or Science?
In The News
ELA
Mystery Box
100

3/5 + 2/5 = 

5/5 or 1

100

How many centimeters is one meter?

100 centimeters in one meter


100

What NBA team did the late Kobe Bryant play for?

The Los Angeles Lakers

100

Identify all the verbs in the following sentence:


At lunchtime, Lana quickly walked to her locker, removed her purple lunchbox, and sat carefully on the carpet. 

walked, removed, sat

100

In what city did Dr. Martin Luther King JR. give his famous "I Have A Dream" Speech after giving it in Detroit?

Washington DC

200

Express 8/5 as a mixed number

1 and 3/5

200

What are the three steps of the water cycle? What happens at each step?

Evaporation: water turns from liquid to gas

Condensation: water vapor (gas) turns into clouds or drops of liquid water

Precipitation: the liquid water falls down as rain/snow/hail

200

What country has been experiencing wildfires causing deaths of koalas and other animals?

Australia.

200

"When the balloon is deflated, it lays flat as a pancake on the ground, and the passengers can leave the basket."

Why does the author use the phrase “flat as a pancake”?

A. to help the reader understand how a balloon becomes flat

B. to help the reader understand what a flat pancake looks like

C. to help the reader understand what a deflated balloon looks like

D. to help the reader understand how a balloon lands on the ground

C. to help the reader understand what a deflated balloon looks like

200

What are the three steps of Peer Editing?

1. Compliments

2. Suggestions

3. Corrections

300

If Jamila ate half of a pizza and Marcus ate a third, how much pizza is left? 

1/6

1/2 + 1/3 = 3/6 + 2/6 = 5/6

6/6 -5/6 = 1/6 pizza is left

300

What happens to the temperature as you go higher into the atmosphere? What step of the water cycle is triggered by colder temperatures?

The temperature gets colder, which causes condensation.

300

Which of the following are political parties in United States elections? Select all that may apply. 

a. Democrat

b. Republican

c. Justice

d. American

a. Democrat

b. Republican

300

Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly.

A. I gave the teacher my name and was told, “that I was not in the right class.”

B. “I gave the teacher my name,” and was told that I was not in the right class.

C. “I gave the teacher my name and was told, I do not believe you are in the right class.”

D. I gave the teacher my name and was told, “I do not believe you are in the right class.”

D. I gave the teacher my name and was told, “I do not believe you are in the right class.”

300

What is the capitol of Michigan?

Lansing

400

Over the weekend, Malcolm drank 1/6 quart of orange juice, and Maya drank 3/4 quart of orange juice.

How many quarts did they drink together?

11/12 quarts

400

There are 50 states in the United States. If half these states have 3 major cities and the other half of the states have 2 major cities, how many major cities are there in the United States?


125

50 divided by 2 = 25. 25x3 = 75. 75 +50 = 125

400

What is the country of origin of the Coronavirus?

China

400

Name 4 graphic organizers we can use for informational text.

Venn Diagram, Idea Tree, T-Chart, Sequence Chart

400

What are the two Self Talk Traps we've learned so far?

1. Half Empty Thinking

2. I Can't Statements

500

Many students were sick one day and only 10/27 Superkids came to room 301. Of these ten students, half had siblings who were sick. How many Superkids did not show up to class on this day?

27-10 = 17. 

500

4223 ÷ 41

103

500

Name two people running for President of the United States in this election.

Sanders, Warren, Pete, Trump, Yang, and more

500

A student is writing an article for her school newspaper about the Library of Congress. Read the draft of a paragraph from her article and answer the question that follows.


The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library. It celebrated its 200th birthday in 2000. It has 16 million books, art works, and CDs. The first library was in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. British troops burned the Capitol in 1814 and ruined many books. The library was then moved to a new place.

The writer wants to replace the underlined phrase to make her meaning more exact. Which word would make her word choice better?

A. rearranged

B. relocated

C. switched

D. transported

B. relocated

500

What does it mean to say "Namaskar" in Mr. Raje's language of Marathi?

The light in me sees the light in you 

M
e
n
u