About our Classmates 1
What is Addi's favorite sport?
skiing
Which teacher always says "no" when a student asks to sit on her black rolling chair?
Mrs. Kaplan
What is the spelling rule that is used when we spell these words:
mess, dull, buzz, fluff
The Floss Rule / Sammy Rule
Which 2 students both play the drums?
Sonny and Queen
What is Queen's favorite basketball team?
The Knicks!
Which teacher loves to garden?
Mrs. Vetere
What is the spelling rule that is used when we spell these words:
running, hopped, jogger.
Doubling the last consonant before adding a suffix with a vowel.
run + ing, hop + ed, jog + er
What is Sonny's favorite school subject?
math
What is Maddox's favorite animal?
tiger
How many daughters do Mrs. Kaplan and Mrs. Vetere have all together?
3 daughters
Break this word into syllables.
Then tell what type of syllable each part is.
character
char: bossy r / vowel r
ac: closed
ter: bossy r / vowel r
What is Maddox's favorite sport?
tennis
What is Georgia's favorite animal?
elephant
Which teacher loves to do art projects?
Mrs. Kaplan
Tell the 2 sounds of the letter c in the word: bicycle
Explain why each c is pronounced that way.
The first c says the /s/ sound, because it is followed by the letter y.
The second c says the /k/ sound, because it is followed by the letter l.
What is Emma's middle name?
Kate
How old is Sonny's mom?
42 years old
What elementary school in Warwick did Mrs. Vetere and Mrs. Kaplan both work at besides Sanfordville Elementary School? (Hint: It is closed now.)
Pine Island Elementary School
Why is ea a vowel team in the word: dream,
but not a vowel team in the word: create?
A vowel team is two vowels working together to make one vowel sound.
ea in dream work together to say the long e sound. ea in create is not a vowel team, because the vowels do not work together to make one sound. The e says the long e sound and the a says the long a sound.
What state (not NY) did Addi live in when she was born?
New Hampshire