Spelling and the English language.
Word chains
BIG words
Zach and Zoe
How well do you know your classmates?
100

Spell the word that is something you see after a storm when the sun comes out. 


rainbow

100

What could you change the word stale into by making one sound change? 

tale, state, etc.

100

What is a word that means to be shy? 

introverted 

100

What does Zoe like to do besides play basketball? 

Solve mysteries

100

Who in our classroom is a twin? 

Brandon
200

Spell the word that is the name of a kind of shoe that Mrs. Hostrawser and Miss Hansen have worn. 

loafer

200

Change the word low by adding one letter.  

blow, glow

200

What word means the fight about something silly? 

bicker

200

What was the problem at the beginning of the Zach and Zoe book we read? 

The basketball courts were a mess.  There were no nets, the benches needed fixed and no one took care of the courts. 

200
Who in our classroom speaks Arabic?

Carlos

300

How many sounds are in English and how many letters are in the alphabet?

44 and 26

300

What 4 sound word could come next in this word chain?

ray, pray, pay...

play 

300

What big word means the same as surprised? 

startled

300

What got fixed on the basketball courts? 

The nets on the hoops, the benches, the court was painted...

300

Who in our classroom speaks Chinese? 

Ulrica

400
What is a syllable? 

A syllable is part of a word with a vowel or vowel team. 

400

What word could come next if you change the first letter to a digraph? 

fir, firs, first... 

thirst

400

What is a big word that means creative?  

innovative

400

Who was fixing up the courts? 

Grandpa Richie

400

Where does Mrs. Hostrawser teach? 

Madison

500

How do you know when someone is speaking in a book? What is it called when characters speak in a book? 

They use quotation marks to show dialogue. 

500

What could come next in this word chain? 

bow, low, sow...


stow, slow

500

What is a big word that means clumsy? 

blundering

500

What were Zach and Zoe's parents actual names? 

Tess and Danny Walker

500

What state is Miss Hansen moving to later this summer? 

Minnesota

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