Problem Solving
You are taking a test and there is no talking allowed. You are writing your answers on the paper and your pencil breaks. What could you do?
Quietly raise your hand to tell your teacher.
You see a brush, large cans, and a drop cloth on the couch when you get home from school. It smells like chemicals in your living room. When your mom comes out of the kitchen, you can see she has white on her hands. What might she be doing?
Painting the living room
Tell the two meanings for the word "change"
1) making something look different
2) the money you receive after paying
Define the word below:
Hiatus
There was a long hiatus in the television broadcast. This pause was caused by technical problems.
break
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.
Your neighbor is building something small in the backyard. He has wood, a hammer, nails and paint. He finally a paints the small roof red and adds some seeds. What do you think he could be building?
A bird house
Use the word although in a sentence
Although it was raining, i still rode my bike to school.
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.
A lady was growing tomatoes on her porch and was waiting for them to turn red so she could eat them. The neighbor kids liked to play on her porch because she had fun steps they could jump off of.
The tomatoes were almost ready to eat because they were orange and turning red. One more day was all they needed. The next day the lady came home and all the red tomatoes were gone. What do you think happened to them?
the kids took it
Use the word until in a sentence.
I can't do this, until I do that.
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 borrowed your siblings roller skates and accidentally broke them. What Could you do?
Tell them it was an accident and find ways to help them buy a new pair. Talk to your parents.
Your teacher is talking about the pyramids, pharaohs, and tombs. She begins to tell you about Cleopatra and King Tut. What class are you in?
Social Studies
Use the word "bear" in two different ways
the animal.
tolerate or endure something.
the tree was bare.
Define the word below:
sentimental
Francesca was not sentimental about the old maple tree in the front yard. Although it had been important to her family for many generations, she had no trouble deciding to cut it down.
emotional
Your teacher asked the class a question about the lesson today. You raised your hand to answer the question because you were confident in your answer. When you answered the question, the teacher said your answer was wrong. Many students around you began to laugh. What do you do?
laugh it off too.
ignore the students.
John shut the door and walked into the store. He walked around and found all of the things he would need to surprise Katie for her birthday. John stepped up to the cashier and put his hand in his pocket. “Oh no!” He said.
Why did he say "oh no"?
forgot money/wallet
Use the word "current" in two different ways
like the wave current
or current as in now
Define the word below:
impartial
the science fair needed impartial judges: they had to have no biases towards any of the contestants so that it would be fair.
open-minded