Poetry
Immigration
GCS
3rd Grade Teachers
Math
200
Identify the name for this type of poem:
An old silent pond
A frog jumps into the pond—
Splash! Silence again.
What is Haiku?
200
The name of the place immigrants were stopped on their way to America.
What is Ellis Island?
200
The name of the room right off of Tuttle Hall where lunch was served today.
What is The Green Room?
200
What are your three teachers' first names?
Eric, Willis, Sydney
200
The dollar amount of 6 quarters, 1 dime , 3 nickels, and 2 pennies.
What is $1.77?
400
This poem is an example of what type of poem?
There once was a farmer from Leeds
Who swallowed a packet of seeds.
It soon came to pass,
He was covered with grass,
But has all the tomatoes he needs.
What is a Limerick?
400
The three classes of travel on ships bringing immigrants to the United States.
What are Steerage, Second Class and First Class?
400
The name of the event for JK-Grade 8 students that comes right before the start of the December holiday break.
What is the Christmas Pageant?
400
The name of the city that Ms. Manelski is moving to.
What is London, England?
400
The name of the rule that says the order of the numbers does not affect the sum of the equation.
What is the commutative property (of addition).
600
This is an example of this type of poem
What is a sense poem?
600
Name three countries from which people immigrated to the United States that we have talked about.
Russia, Poland, Ireland, Italy
600
The name of the Associate Head of GCS.
Who is Ms. Mahjouri?
600
The phrase that Mr. Schneider says when he is about to say something very important.
What is 'red hot alert'?
600
The names for the top and bottom numbers of a fraction.
What are the numerator and the denominator?
800
The three "r"s of poetry mentioned in the BrainPop
What are rhyme, rhythm, and repetition?
800
Define 'push factor' and give four examples of push factors that we have discussed.
Circumstance that urges people to leave their homeland.
Answers will vary. Can include but not limited to: war, oppression, religious persecution, disease, famine, economic turmoil, etc.
800
The number of years that Ms. Flinn has been at Grace, including this year.
What is 4 years?
800
The subject of Ms. Naftolin's small moments story.
What is Waffle Cabin on her ski trip?
800
All multiples of 7 up to 63.
What are 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63?
1000
A poetic tool in which you compare one thing to something else.
What is metaphor?
1000
Define 'pull factor' and give four examples of pull factors that we have discussed.
Circumstances that attract people from their homeland to a certain place.
False stories, religious freedom, political freedom, inexpensive foods, better life, better education, gold, more land
1000
The name of the Lower School Head Teacher has been at grace the longest of the bunch.
Ms. Saccone (Also Mr. Schneider in LS longest time!)
1000
The names of Mr. Schneider's two children.
Jake and Emma
1000
Ms. Manelski, Mr. Schneider, and Ms. Naftolin each had 14 carrots. Mr. Schneider and Ms. Manelski went out and each doubled their amount of carrots at the store. Ms. Naftolin ate 10 of her carrots while they were gone. They put the remainder of the carrots together and decided to split them up into equal groups and give one group to 3F, 3L, and 3S. How many carrots did each class get?
What is 20 carrots.