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The city wanted to completely rebuild the shopping mall so they DEMOLISHED the old shopping center.
What does the word demolished mean in this sentence?
A. sold it B. knocked down C. decorated it D. left it
B. knocked down
Sitting at home all day is no fun it's such a ________!
The drill can _____ holes through the rock.
A. lazy B. dig C. bore D. drill
C. bore
What is similar between an airplane and an eagle?
They both fly.
Present tense: Maria is running for class president to help other students.
If it happened in the past:
Maria ____ for class president to help other students.
Black History Month is celebrated in February. Carter G. Woodson advocated for the creation of Black History Month to be in 1926. it was originally a week. He chose that week specifically because it covered the birthdays of Frederick Douglass (February 14) and Abraham Lincoln (February 12). The celebration was expanded to a month in 1976. Black History Month gives Americans the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of history.
Black History Month was created to honor the accomplishments of Black Americans. carter G Woodson was one of the Americans that advocated for Black History week/month. It began as a week and was later changed to a month.
Rob loves basketball and has been playing for 4 years, he has a PLETHORA of basketball shoes to wear to his games.
What does plethora mean in this sentence?
A. some B. a lot C. different designs D. Jordans
B. A lot
The horse is in his ________.
The table is not ______, it may fall down.
A. house B. box C. stable D. new
C. stable
A watch and a clock both tell time. What is different?
A watch is worn on your wrist and a clock stands alone.
Marco did not like sitting next to John at lunch. Marco yelled and threw his lunch at John.
Name the problem.
Marco did not like sitting with John.
Jackie Robinson, born in Cairo, Georgia, was the first African American baseball player to play in Major League Baseball. He started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
Summarize this in 1 sentence.
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball.
Michael, Rob, and Lisa were in the same science group, they COLLABORATED with each other to complete their project.
A. sat with B. talked to C. worked with D. learned
C. Worked with each other
The elephant breathes from his ______.
My mom puts her groceries in her ______.
A. nose B. car C. trunk D. mouth
C. trunk
A smartboard hangs on a wall and a cellphone goes in your hand. What do they have in common or what is the same?
They are both screens to view things on.
Marco did not like sitting next to John at lunch. Marco yelled and threw his lunch at John.
Name 2 solutions.
Marco could raise his hand ask his teacher to be moved.
Marco could sit quietly and sit in another seat tomorrow.
Marco could get up and go to a safe place in the lunch room.
Lonnie George Johnson, born in Mobile, Alabama, is an African American inventor and engineer. He is the inventor of the Super Soaker water gun, which has been among the world's bestselling toys every year since its release.
Summarize this in one sentence.
Lonnie Johnson was African American inventor who created the super soaker water gun, a top selling toy.
Max's teacher did not understand his story, so he had to ELABORATE to give her more details.
What does ELABORATE mean?
A. write it B. make the story longer C. let someone else tell it D. give more information
D. give more information
Go to the _____ and get some cookies and milk.
I can ____ the gifts in my closet until my sister's birthday.
A. place B. store C. eat D. cafeteria
B. store
A bean bag chair is soft and a desk chair is hard. Name a similarity.
You can sit on them.
Lisa lost all of her pencils. Her teacher announced that the class had 15 minutes to complete a math assignment.
Name the problem and a solution.
Lisa has no pencil to complete her assignment.
She could ask the teacher for a pencil.
She could go to the sharp bin in the classroom.
She could ask a friend to borrow a pencil.
Vernice Armour, born in Chicago, Illinois, was a United States Marine Corps officer who was the first African-American female naval aviator in the Marine Corps and the first African American female combat pilot in the U.S. Armed Forces in 1993 to 2007.
Summarize in one sentence.
Vernice Armour was the first African American female aviator in the Marine Corps and African American female combat pilot in the U.S. Armed forces.
In the math problem 70/10 (70÷10), 70 is the DIVIDEND.
What does dividend mean?
A. largest number B. result of dividing C. number being divided D. common denominator
B. result of dividing
Tony asked Amy to be his ____ to prom.
I did not finish my homework, so I will have to complete it on another ____.
A. guest B. friend C. time D. date
D. Date
A newspaper article and book both can be read. Name one difference.
A newspaper has a lot of writers or different and a book has fewer writers.
Junior's class was watching a movie in class to celebrate the class's behavior for the week. He smells a delicious and buttery aroma.
What does Junior smell?
Popcorn
Lloyd Augustus Hall was an African American chemist whom invented a number of ways to better preserve food. During his career he amassed 59 U.S. patents. Many food preservatives used today were pioneered by Dr. Hall's methods. Before his research, most preservation was done with salts and it was difficult to keep foods from spoiling without making them taste bitter. In 1932 he found a way to use a combination of salt with tiny crystals of sodium nitrate and nitrite that suppressed the nitrogen that spoiled food. This patented method of curing meats is still used today.
Summarize in one sentence.
Loyd Augustus Hall was an African American chemist that created ways to keep food from spoiling.