The Amazing Animal World
This country borders the Red Sea and Dr. Sato sought to help it out.
Eritrea
What is a numerator and what is a denominator?
The denominator = the number of equal parts that make one whole unit. The numerator is the number of parts you are counting.
Top number is the numerator and bottom number is the denomiator.
Who was the monarch of England during the time of the first European colony to settle in North America? What was the colony's name?
King James; Jamestown
In this folktale, he is mean, hungry, and focused on blowing your house down.
The Big Bad Wolf from the Three Little Pigs
To feel terrible about something you have done.
shame
These pesky creatures mysteriously could get through the newly wired bomas in Kenya. How did the do it?
honey badgers; they dug under the fencing with their claws and teeth.
If we were placing thirds on a number line, which fraction would be the first to be greater than a whole?
4 thirds....4/3
She saved Captain John Smith and then later married John Rolfe.
Pocahontas
Which fables have you read makes you think of the morals:
"slow and steady wins the race" and
"One good turn deserves another. If you do good, good will come back to you."
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Ant and the Dove
to come next in line (ex. as a president or a king)
successor
Name 2 reasons why the lion population is diminishing in Kenya?
poachers, decreasing habitat, co-existence with humans
Sara has 7 friends coming over. She has 4, same sized cakes, that she wants to split evenly with her friends. What fractional unit should each kid receive to make sure no cake is leftover?
one half of a cake. Each cake can be split into halves.
What were the Jamestown colonists originally looking for to become wealthy and what ended up making them wealthy?
gold; tobacco
What are 3 main characteristics of most fables?
1) short fiction stories
2) Have a moral/lesson
3) Have animals and natural elements as main characters often acting like humans.
to look up to someone in high regard or respect
admire
Why do children of Heimaey village in Iceland sleep in very late for two weeks the year?
to help rescue the pufflings
Sam had one cup of sugar. He used 1/4 cup to make a cake, how much does he have left?
3/4 cup of sugar
This was the first representative government an an American Colony.
The House of Burgesses
What was the trick the Emperor played in the Empty Pot? Why did he do it?
He gave cooked seeds to all of the children in the village that he knew wouldn't grow . It was an impossible challenge to find out who was the most trustworthy/honest, therefore, worthy to become his successor.
Fill in the blank:
She was __________ of recognition after making it to the final spelling bee.
worthy
“The egg will be as snug and warm there as if it were in a sleeping bag.”
1. is an example of what type of figurative language?
2. a quote from what story we read in this unit?
3. referring to what physical feature?
simile; Penguin Chick, brood patch
You have to plan a pizza party for your class. One large pizza has eight slices. Each student gets 2 slices. How many pizzas will you have to buy in order to have enough? You can round up in the pizza order. How much will the total cost be if each pizza costs $14?
Answer depends on your class size.
What were 2 reasons that made Jamestown an attractive place to live and 2 reasons why it wasn't?
1. Easy to anchor ships next to deep rivers; easy to defend against intruders being on a peninsula; Close to the Atlantic Ocean
2. Marshy land with disease spreading mosquitos; no gold; dirty water/salt water; bad farming land=no crops
What do you think the moral expression "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink" actually means?
Example: My friend Brock doesn’t have a job so he’s struggling to make ends meet. I offered him money to help out, but to my surprise, he refused to take it. Later, I told my dad: “It’s hard to believe that Brock declined my money considering his circumstances.”
“Well,” said my dad, “you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.”
You can give someone an opportunity or direction, but you can't make them take it or do it. It's up to that person.
What does SWBST stand for when summarizing and what questions are associated when answering?
You need both!
Someone- Who is (are) the main characters?
Wanted- What did the character(s) want to do or want to happen?
But- What is the problem in the story?
So- How was the problem solved?
Then- What was the resolution to the story? How did it end?