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Another word for a lesson learned in a text
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What is the best warm winter drink?
Hot cocoa
Hot cider
Hot tea
Hot coffee
What are two names for the holiday that people who are Christian celebrate every December.
Christmas
Noel
Xmas
Navidad (in Spanish)
Name one park in Downtown Chicago.
Grant Park
Millennium Park
All the events that happen in a story are called the
plot
Every snowflake is_________
unique or different
What is the holiday that was created by Maulana Karenga in 1966 to celebrate African American culture?
Kwanzaa
Name one food Chicago is famous for.
Chicago style hot dogs
Deep dish pizza
A description of something WITHOUT too many details is called a ...
Name four outdoor activities one can do in the winter.
sled
build a snowperson
snowball fight
ice skate
ski
How do people typically celebrate the beginning of the New Year?
countdown to midnight
eating grapes at each stroke of midnight
noise makers
eating black eyed peas
eating gumbo
What is the name of the organization on Drexel Blvd that is one block from Reavis?
Operation Push/Dr. King's Workshop
When we take facts and make an educated statement about something, that is called an _______________.
Example: Joe always eats chips and popcorn. He must enjoy salty snacks.
inference
How many (total) inches of snow do we usually get each winter in Chicago?
Try to get within 5 inches.
36 inches
What is another December holiday that people celebrate? (Not Christmas or Kwanzaa)
Diwali (people in India)
Hanukkah (Jewish people)
A nickname for Chicago is
The Second City
The Windy City
Chi-Town
What are two types of figurative language?
simile
metaphor
What is interesting about the new(ish) ice rink in downtown Chicago?
Or name the park where you can find it.
It is a "ribbon"
Maggie Daley Park
Name one Xmas villain or bad guy in stories.
Scrooge
Grinch
Who was William C. Reavis?
A professor of education at the University of Chicago