Grammar
Replace the underlined word with a personal pronoun: "Kemar ran fast to catch the bus."
What is 'He'?
We call the big picture or what a story is mostly about this ...
What is the Main Idea?
Choose the correct verb: "The student (read / reads) a story every morning."
What is reads?
Look at the word mathematics. The sound of 'th' is:
What is voiceless?
Read the sentence: "Although the box was heavy, Kemar was able to lift it." The antonym of heavy is ...
What is light?
We call a descriptive word this. It tells us how something looks, feels, or tastes (like red, soft, or sweet).
What is an adjective?
The 5 Ws that tell us about the place or setting as a story happens.
What is where?
The part of a letter that comes at the top right or top left and tells when it was written.
What is the Date?
Name two vowel diphthongs that make the /oi/ sound as in "boy" or "coin."
What are 'oi' and 'oy'?
Identify the possessive pronoun showing ownership in this sentence: "That blue pencil case on the desk is hers."
The article that belongs before a word starting with a vowel sound.
What is An?
Name two transition words that help us connect ideas in the middle of a sequence.
What are Next, Then, or After that?
The key detail on an invitation that gives the date and time of the event.
What is WHEN?
Give the word for jewelry worn on a finger and the sound a bell/phone makes.
We call this word when one word means the same or almost the same as another word.
What is Synonym?
The punctuation mark belongs at the end of an asking sentence.
What is a question mark?
Name the two senses used in this sentence: "The bright red hibiscus smelled fresh in the garden."
What are Sight (bright red) and Smell (fresh)?
In a thank-you letter, you should mention this right after saying thank you...
What is the specific gift, help, or act of kindness you received, and why do you appreciate it?
Identify the digraph and the r-controlled word in this sentence: "The shark swam near the boat."
What are 'sh' (digraph) and 'shark' (r-controlled)?
Instead of paragraphs, poems are written in groups of lines called ...
What are stanzas or verses?
The sound of the -ed at the end of JUMPED makes a ___ sound.
What is the /t/ sound?
The difference between a story's Theme and its Main Idea ...
What is Main Idea is what the story is about, while Theme is the life lesson you learn from it?
Name all four essential pieces of information that MUST be included on a complete party invitation.
What are Who (Host/Guest), What (Event), When (Date & Time), and Where (Location)?
The rule that tells us when the letter C makes its soft sound /s/ instead of its hard sound /k/.
What is 'when C is followed by E, I, or Y'?
Complete the rule: A singular subject takes a verb ending in ____, while a plural subject usually takes a verb without it.
What is -s (or -es)?