The First Californians
Northern Coastal Region
Reading/Writing Workshop
Orton-Gillingham
Mystery Science
100
Large pieces of floating ice that covered much of Earth's waters.
What is a glacier?
100
Fences used for fishing to trap fish
What are weirs?
100

The genre of reading we are working on right now.

What is nonfiction?

100

A word that is not spelled phonetically and needs to be memorized.

What is a red word?

100

The part of the eye that acts like a screen at the back of the eye.

What is the retina?

200
Early family members of present-day American Indians.
What are ancestors?
200
The exchanging, buying, and selling of goods.
What is trade?
200

The genre of writing we are working on right now.

What is opinion writing.

200

Two or more sounds that work together.

What is a blend?

200

The colored part of the eye.

What is the iris?

300
Baskets and clay pots were used to store this extra food.
What is surplus?
300

A celebration to honor cultural or religious events.

What is a ceremony?

300

Name something that good readers do as they read nonfiction.

What is predict and revise thinking, choose just right books, and/or jot down facts they are learning?

300

Two letters that combine together and make a new sound.

What is a digraph?

300

The white portion of the eye.

What is the sclera?

400
An American Indian group with its own leaders and lands.
What is a tribe?
400
A religious leader.
What is a shaman?
400

The name of the statement that writers include at the beginning of their opinion essay.

What is a thesis?

400

The word that denotes when a blend happens at the end of a word.

What is final blend or ending blend?

400

The front lens of the eye.

What is the cornea?

500
Examples of this are a person's beliefs, language, way of acting, and dressing.
What is culture?
500
This tribe's most important food was Salmon.
Who are the Yurok?
500

The four words that O.R.E.O. stands for?

What is Opinion, Reasons, Examples and Opinion?

500

The word that denotes that a word begins with a blend.

What is an initial blend or a beginning blend?

500

The part of the eye that allows light in, like a window.

What is the pupil?

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