The Mysterious Tadpole
Grammar
The Dog That Dug for Dinosaurs
La Brea Tar Pits/From Eggs to Frogs
Vocabulary
100

What do Louis and his parents think Alphonse is?

A tadpole

100

An adverb tells where, _____, and ______.

When, and how

100

What do Mary Anning and Tray like to look for?

Fossils

100

What can people find in the La Brea tar pits?

Fossils from animals that died long ago

100

You would look at somebody ________ if you didn't trust them.

Suspiciously 

200

Why does Louise take Alphonse to obedience school?

Alphose and Louis break a lamp while playing soccer in the house.

200

Correct this sentence:

Jane sings loud in the shower.

Jane sings loudly in the shower.

200

What are two tools that Mary uses to dig up bones?

Hammar and chisel 

200

What are tadpoles and frogs classified as?

Amphibians 

200

What vocabulary word means the same as common?


ordinary

300

What command does Louis use when he tells Alphonse to go get something?

Retrieve

300

Correct this sentence:

Tomorrow is Amy birthday.

Tomorrow is Amy's birthday.

300

What did Mary do with the small fossils she found?

Sold them as souvenirs 

300

What shrinks and as a tadpole grows older and eventually disappears?

It's tail.

300

What vocabulary word would you use to explain moving something in secret?

Smuggle

400

Where does Alphonse go when he is too big for Louis' tub?

The school swimming pool

400

Correct this sentence:

That's Louis cookie, give it back to him!

That's Louis' cookie, give it back to him!

400

What was the first large fossil that Mary and Tray found?

Ichthyosaur

400

What city in the USA are the La Brea tar pits located?

Los Angeles 

400

What is the antonym for unreasonable, nonsensical

Sensible 

500

What is Alphonse

the Loch Ness monster

500

What kind of noun uses an apostrophe and an "s" at the end to show ownership?

Possessive noun

500

What does the name Pterodactyl mean?

Lizard with wings

500

Name two famous animal fossils you can find at the La Brea tar pits

Mammoth

Saber toothed tiger

500

This vocabulary word comes from the french word "remember." You buy these things when you are on vacation.

Souvenir

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