Literacy
If you are asked to find the main topic of a passage, what does that mean?
Finding the main topic means to find what the story is mostly about.
What does it mean to add (or subtract) like units?
You add/subtract the ones first
OR
You add/subtract the tens (or hundreds) first.
Read this sentence:
"He loaded some bags and some old empty sacks on a ramshackle sleigh"
What does the word ramshackle mean in this sentence?
Ramshackle means something in need of a lot of repair.
Not good quality. ie broken
List all of the values of the coins
penny: 1 cent
nickel: 5 cents
dime: 10 cents
quarter: 25 cents
What is the difference between a long vowel and a short vowel?
The long vowel says its name whereas the short vowel makes a short sound.
What is the plot of a story?
The main events that happen.
Show how you skip count from 23-95 using only tens and ones.
23, 33, 43, 53, 63, 73, 83, 93, 94, 95
Why does Dr. Seuss call it roast beast?
Because Beast rhymes with feast and to make it a fictional story.
3 quarters
1 dime
2 pennies
break this word into syllables:
important
Are these syllables open or closed?
im por tant
All the syllables are closed
What is the meaning of offspring?
Offspring are babies.
Write 467 in expanded form
400+60+7
Read this sentence:
"Then the Grinch, very nimbly, stuffed all the bags, one by one, up the chimbley"
What does nimbly mean in this sentence?
Nimbly means very carefully, precisely. .
Savannah had found 2 pennies, 4 dimes, and 45 cents on the ground. How much money did she find in all?
45+40+2=87 cents.
Savannah found 87 cents.
What is the difference between an open and closed syllable?
An open syllable has a long vowel and no consonant following the vowel.
A closed syllable, the vowel is short and it is followed by a consonant.
How would you spell the plural form of peach?
Peaches
Solve and show work for this problem: 461-131
330
What is the lesson we can learn from reading the Grinch?
That Christmas is about more than just presents.
Reid has 4 $5 bills, 2 $10s, and 3 $1s.
Connor has 3 $5s, 2 $10s, and 15 $1s.
Who has more?
Connor has more.
Reid has $43
Connor has $50
What is the difference between a 2 sound blend and a diagraph?
A two sound blend makes two different sounds, and a diagraph combines 2 letters to make 1 sound.
Think about Wayside School. What is the author's purpose in writing those books?
The author's purpose was to entertain its readers.
True or false: there are 17 tens in 178
Explain your answer
Answers will vary...
If you were to count by 10s, you will have 17 groups of ten by the time you get to 178.
In the story it says The Grinch took everything from the WHos' houses. Even the trimmings and trappings.
What are trimmings and trappings?
Trimmings and trappings are the festive decorations on the walls, trees, and around the house.
If Stella were to go to the store and buy crackers that cost $4.75 but she only had $10. How much change would she get back?
Stella would get $5.25 back.
10-4.75=5.25
Give an example of a trigraph.
tch
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are
ear
ore