Literacy

Literacy

100

A complete sentence has these things...

a complete thought that starts with a capital letter and ends with punctuation and has a noun (subject...person, place or thing) and a predicate (a verb - action/doing word). 

200

These are words that are different, but mean the same thing...

What is a synonym?

300

Words that are opposites are called...

What are antonyms?

400

A word can be broken down into these parts when you sound it out...

What is/are syllables? 

500

Literacy is important because...

What is you can read things independently, get information, learn something, fill out a form, read a prescription label, take the bus, read for enjoyment, etc.?

600

Things you can do to improve your literacy...

read whenever possible, listen to stories, practice spelling and handwriting, etc. 

 

Synonyms

100

big

What is large, great, enormous, huge, gigantic, etc.? 

200

cold

What is freezing, chilly, frosty, bitter, crisp, brisk, etc.? 

300

hot

What is boiling, summery, tropical, balmy, etc.? 

400

little

What is small, tiny, miniature, miniscule, microscopic, etc.?

500

happy

What is joyful, jolly, glad, content, cheerful, good, etc.? 

600

Trip ... as in "I am going on a trip to Port Stanley."

What is holiday, journey, vacation, get-away, staycation, etc...

Antonyms

100

Big

What is little, small, etc.?

200

Excited! 

What is calm, relaxed, chill, etc.? 

300

Up

What is down? 

400

Over...

What is under?

500

Light...

What is dark? 

600

Early ...

What is late? 

Potpourri

100

Spell this word...

What is   h a p p y? 

200

The following is or isn't a complete sentence:

The cat is sleeping. 

What is yes! 

300

When you are reading or writings, this is the type of punctuation used when someone is excited or in danger...

What is an exclamation mark!

400

This is a complete sentence:

Shopping for food

What is no?

500

There are this many syllables in the naming word:

Laurier

What is 4?

600

The main idea of a story or book is ... 

Oh yayyyy...it's mini quiz time! 

https://wordwall.net/en-us/community/comprehension-jeopardy 

Random

100

These are the three primary colors?

What is red, yellow, and blue?

200

Spell the name of the city we live in...

What is L O N D O N?

300

Name two words that are antonyms...

Answers will vary...

400

This is the tree that makes something you can put on your pancakes...BONUS...  you see the leaf that grows on that tree on...

What is the maple tree? What is the Canadian flag?

500

Yes or No for the correct spelling...

mrs. white

What is no?

600

It's what you get when you melt ice...

What is water or a puddle...