Making Predictions
Predict what happens next. (NONFICTION- NO ANIMALS PRESENT)
I was scared. Lying in bed with my sheets over my face, I could almost hear the monster in my closet. I walked over to the closet and opened the door....
There is nothing in there except my clothes and toys.
You must guess the correct cause:
I was running late for school today...
I didn't get to play outside with my friends.
Old western accent. They may not use correct grammar.
What does "better late than never" mean?
It's better to get something done than not to do it at all.
No word in the dictionary rhymes with the word __________.
orange
Mr. Tarr walked into the gym and shut the door on his fingers...
He screamed loudly in pain!
I didn't get my homework finished.
I had to go to jumpstart and get it done. Or I had to stay in at lunch.
What is dialect?
Dialect is the way people spoke or speak.
Don't judge a book by it's cover. What does this mean?
Don't judge people by their outer appearance.
The opposite sides of the dice always add up to _________________.
seven
I had 20 magic tickets in the magic ticket bucket. This was the most in my class! Mrs. Carroll started announcing names and my class was called. She called...
My name! I was happy as I walked down the hallway to get my prize!
I didn't review for the science test.
I didn't do very well on it.
What is historical fiction?
It is a story set in an actual place during an actual period of time.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Slugs have ____________ noses!
four
Zack and Andy were building a spaceship from a kit Zack got for his birthday. There were lots of small pieces spread out all over the table. “That’s a lot of pieces!” Andy said. Zack unfolded the paper that had the directions. It had pictures to show how to put the spaceship together, step by step. He showed the paper to Andy. “Look,” said Zack. “It starts with four of these long thin pieces. What probably happened next?
A. Zack and Andy called Zack’s mom for help.
B. Zack and Andy looked for four of the long thin pieces.
C. Zack and Andy went outside to play.
D. Zack and Andy sorted the pieces into three piles.
B. Zack and Andy looked for four of the long thin pieces.
I heard a knock on the door at home.
I answered it and paid for our pizza.
Free
Free 400 points!
It means to keep working and practicing and you will get better.
Dogs' hearing is ___________ times better than a human's.
ten
. Sean looked around the lunch room, then went and sat across from his friend Eric. “Hey, Sean,” Eric said, holding up a paperback book. “I just finished reading this book, The Boy at the End of the World. It’s about this time way in the future. This kid wakes up in some blown-up laboratory. Then this robot says that the kid is the last human alive. But the robot says there may be more humans stored away in pods that they can rescue—if they can find them. Then this baby mammoth starts following them around, and wanting to be friends.” Sean pointed to the cover of the book. “Is this the robot?” he asked. Eric nodded, and showed Sean another picture inside the book. “And this is the baby mammoth. The kid calls the mammoth ‘Protein.’ You want to borrow the book?” he asked. “I got it for my birthday.” What probably happened next?
A. Sean borrowed the book.
B. Eric put the book in his backpack.
C. Sean told Eric about a book he had read.
D. Sean told Eric how the book ended.
A. Sean borrowed the book.
I studied for the math test.
I got a 100%!
In 1860, what might be going on in the story if it was set in the southern U.S.?
The Civil War and slavery might be involved in the story.
Free
500 points for free!
A pet hamster can run up to _________ miles a night on a wheel.
eight