ELA
Name the type of Figurative Language
_______ Compares two things using "like" or "as"
_______ Compares two things without using "like" or "as"
Simile
Metaphor
What were the names of the first three settlements?
Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth
Draw the water cycle.
Draw this on your White Board
What are all the factors of 48?
Why do leaves change colors in the fall?
Leaves change color in the fall because shorter days and dropping temperatures signal trees to prepare for winter. Trees stop producing green chlorophyll and begin recycling nutrients from their leaves
What are the writing formula requirements for body paragraphs in RST/LAT/Opinion essays
*HINT* There are four
T-Topic
E-Example
Q-Quote
E-Explanation
What is the name of the long trail pioneers took when they migrated out west?
The Oregon Trail
What is an ecosystem?
An ecosystem is a community of interacting organisms and their physical environment, encompassing both living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) elements. It's a self-contained unit where these elements interact and are linked by energy flows and nutrient cycles.
What is a parallellogram? Draw it for double points!
A parallelogram is a four-sided flat shape where opposite sides are parallel and equal in length. In simpler terms, it's a "leaning rectangle" where the opposite sides are parallel and don't intersect.
What is the difference between fear and a phobia?
Phobias are intense and irrational-usually from anxiety
What are the 5 elements of narrative writing?
This term describes how the colonists referred to new controlling taxes and efforts when they faced penalties from King George and the British Parliament such as the Quartering Act, the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Tea Act....
*(HINT)* I---------- Acts
Intolerable Acts
What is the part of the cell that contains the DNA?
The Nucleus
What is ⅔ of 15?
10
Which grade level has the smartest students in VPCS?
5th Grade
____________ is the message or lesson in a story.
Theme
What important executive order did President Lincoln order during the Civil War on Jan. 1, 1863 that freed all enslaved people?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Name an apex predator?
An apex predator is an animal at the top of a food chain, with no natural predators of its own. Examples include the lion, orca, polar bear, great white shark, and bald eagle
Put 523.891 in word form.
The number 523.891 in word form is five hundred twenty-three and eight hundred ninety-one thousandths
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, Liquid, and Gas
What supports a claim in an essay
Compelling evidence or reasoning by using
Quotes, facts, or statistics from the articles
The Constitution includes the Bill of Rights. Explain what the first 5 amendments
All 5 must be explained-simple words are acceptable! Example:
1st...
2nd...
1st Amendment-Right to Free Speech, Press, Religion, Assemble and Petition
2nd-Right to Bear Arms
3rd-Right to No Quartering Act
4th-Right to protection from Search and Seizure
5th-Protects from self incrimination, double jeopardy, and ensures due process
What travels faster in a storm? Lightning or thunder
In a storm, light from lightning travels much faster than the sound of thunder. This difference in speed is why you see lightning almost instantly while it takes time to hear the thunder.
Put 523.891 in expanded form.
500+20+3+0.8+0.009+0.001
Complete the analogy: Sheep is to wool as tree is to which of these? Strawberries, oranges or Froot Loops?
Oranges