Problem Solving
You find $10 on the floor in the hallway. What do you do?
Name 3 school supplies that contain an /r/ sound
Ruler, paper, marker, eraser, sharpener, etc.
Tell the two meanings for the word "monitor"
1) computer monitor
2) monitor the hallways
3) The lunch monitor
She is as fast as a cheetah.
Define the word below:
Tropical
In January, I can't wait to leave NJ and get to the warm, tropical weather in Florida.
Warm/hot
A classmate is trying to cheat off of your test. What do you do?
Cover your test and tell your teacher at the end of the class period.
Describe a "HAMBURGER" without saying the words meat, fast food, or bun.
Bread, grill, cheese, lettuce, pickles, ketchup
Use the word neither in a sentence
I neither want this nor that.
Hurry up
Define the word below:
Sly
The sly fox snuck into the chicken coop and stole three eggs without her realizing.
Sly - sneaky
You are sitting at lunch with a bunch of people. People start talking about your birthday party, but you only invited a few of those people. You feel bad that there are other people there that aren't invited. What do you do?
Tell them to stop talking about it and tell the others that weren't invited that you were only allowed to invite a few people. You can say sorry and say you won't talk about it again.
Name a 3-syllable food that you eat with a spoon or fork and use it in a sentence.
Spaghetti, cereal, broccoli, etc.
Use the word until in a sentence.
I can't do this, until I do that.
When my teacher asked for my homework, I realized I never did it and I told her "it slipped my mind last night because I was so busy doing other stuff!"
Define the word below:
Conceal
The mother concealed the boy's birthday presents in a closet so he couldn't find them.
Conceal - hide
You want to play basketball on the court with other kids at recess. When you ask to play, they say no. What do you do?
Go find someone else to play with.
Solve this word equation: "Tooth + Paste = ? ." Now create a compound word starting with "WATER"
Waterfall, watermelon, waterslide, waterproof, etc.
Use the words in spite of in a sentence.
Ex:
In spite of the rain, she still rode her bike to school.
At his wedding, the groom was dressed to the nines in brand new tuxedo, new shiny shoes, and new cufflinks.
Dressed very nice/fancy
Commotion
The noisy children caused such a commotion in their classroom that even the principal came down to talk to them.
Noisy/loud disturbance
You were supposed to get picked up at 3:00pm outside of the school. Your mom/dad isn't there yet. A person drives up and says that they are there to pick you up for your parents. What do you do?
Don't get in the car. Call your parents. Go back into school. Call the cops.
Create a 4-word sentence where every single word starts with the exact same letter.
** if you are working on specific speech sounds (like r, sh, th, ch, etc.) use those!
Examples: seven snakes slither south; red rabbits run rapidly; cheetahs chop chicken cheerfully.
Use the word although in a sentence.
Any sentence using Although correctly.
Ex: Although I was late to school, I didn't get detention.
After he was told to stop talking four times, the student was caught whispering while the teacher was talking. She said to him "you know, you are really skating on thin ice right now"
About to get in trouble, getting close to being in trouble.
Define the word below:
Evaluate
The teacher will evaluate her students' knowledge of Ancient Egypt by giving them a test.
Evaluate - test/see what they do and do not know/judge/gauge/assess