We are words that work together to make a complete thought.
What is a sentence?
100
This is a prefix that means (three.)
What is (tri-)?
100
A syllable that always has a short vowel sound, and is followed by a consonant.
Who is a closed syllable?
100
This is the part of a story that tells the reader when and where the story takes place.
What is the setting?
200
Every sentence needs these two parts.
What is a subject and verb
200
Every sentence begins with one of these.
What is a capital letter?
200
A word that means someone who can speak three languages.
What is trilingual?
200
This is a very bossy syllable because the vowel cannot say its name.
Who is an r-controlled syllable, or Bossy R syllable?
200
These are the people in a story.
What are the characters?
300
There are 8 of these.
What are the 8 parts of speech?
300
Every sentence ends with one of these.
What is a punctuation mark?
300
This is a root word that means hanging, waiting, or undecided.
What is (pend)?
300
In this syllable two vowels come together to form a long vowel sound.
What is a vowel team?
300
This what the readers does when he or she describes only the most important parts of a story or article.
What is summarizing?
400
A part of speech that tells which one, how many, or what kind?
What is an adjective?
400
You would use this mark at the end of a sentence with strong feeling.
What is an exclamation mark?
400
A three horned dinosaur....
What is triceratops?
400
In this syllable, two vowels come together to to form one sound, but it is not a long vowel sound. (oi, ou, oo, ui.....)
What is a diphthong?
400
This begins with a topic sentence, and includes other sentences that stick to a main idea. It is well organized with a clear beginning, middle and end.
____/ \________
What is a paragraph?
500
This is a person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun?
500
If you forgot to include a subject or a predicate, you would have this instead.
What is a phrase?
500
Having three sides... (Not a triangle...)
What is trilateral?
500
In this syllable, the vowel sound is always long and always comes at the end of the syllable.
What is an open syllable?
500
This is when three people are having a conversation at the same time.