Spelling & Phonics
What letter is sometimes a vowel and sometimes a consonant?
Y
What do we call a person, place, thing, or idea?
A noun
When do we capitalize the first letter of a word?
At the beginning of a sentence, or the beginning of a proper noun.
What do you call the process of "saying something in your own words"?
Paraphrasing
Name 3 vowel teams!
ea, ai, oo, etc.
What do we call action words? (For Example; run, swim, eat)
A verb
What do we put at the end of a question? <--seen here
A question mark
What do you call the "main idea" of your essay or paragraph?
Thesis statement or Topic sentence
"c" makes its hard sound(kuh) and its soft sound(ss) with which vowels?
Hard "c"(kuh) with "a", "o", and "u". Soft "c"(ss) with "i" and "e"
What do we call descriptive words? (For example; lazy, pretty, bright)
Adjectives
Where should you put a comma or commas in this sentence:
I like to eat carrots strawberries and honey.
I like to eat carrots, strawberries, and honey.
What do you call the process of giving credit to someone when using their work? (For example if I say: Neil DeGrasse Tyson says "the universe is vast and unknowable" in his new book Star Talk. What am I doing?)
Citing your sources
Name 3 consonant digraphs!(digraphs are two letters that work together to make one sound)
sh, th, wh, ch, ph
What do we call words we use in place of a person, place, thing, or idea? (For Example; it, they, he, she)
A pronoun
Describe the difference between there, their, and they're
There is a place
Their denotes ownership
They're is a contraction of They and Are
What do you call a short retelling of all of the important information from a piece of writing?
A Summary
What do you call the individual "parts" of a word that have no meaning other than phonetically?
Syllables
What do we call words that describe actions? (For example; quickly, loudly, intensely)
Adverbs
What is the difference between a synonym and an antonym?
A synonym is a word that means roughly the same thing as another word(For example fuzzy and fluffy are synonyms)
An antonym is a word that means roughly the opposite thing as another word(For example soft and rough are antonyms)
What do you call the process of highlighting passages, taking notes in the margins, and bookmarking pages in a book to refer back to?
Annotating