Writing
The difference between an independent and dependent clause.
What is ‘a dependent clause doesn’t express a complete thought and can't stand on its own’?
Three reasons to expect that a vowel will have a long sound.
What are ...
1.A vowel with no guardian
2.Two adjacent vowels
3.A vowel followed by one consonant and another vowel
The ‘un’ in the word ‘unhappy’ is an example of this.
A person’s view point or way of thinking about something.
What is 'perspective'?
First advice from Meghan when trying to solve a word problem.
What is draw a picture?
This is when you restate someone else’s work/opinion in your own words.
What is a paraphrase?
Asking students to look at visuals, read captions, and read the beginning of each paragraph before they read a passage is an example of this.
What is a pre-reading skill? (or reading strategy)
The‘ness’ in the word ‘happiness’ is an example of this.
What is a suffix?
The set of reasons you have for making a decision or deciding to do something.
What is your 'rationale'?
This acronym will help you remember the order of operations.
What is PEMDAS?
This kind of writing should not include new ideas, opinions, or examples.
What is a summary?
This word is used to refer to the individual sounds of a language.
What are phonemes?
The main part of a word, called ‘the stem’ is also known as this.
What is the root?
To suggest something without actually saying it.
What is 'to imply'?
9569932 rounded to the nearest thousand.
What is 957000?
Add this when you want to use someone else’s ideas to support your writing.
What is a citation?
This involves teaching children to learn the written form of the letters and connecting these to their sounds.
What is phonics?
This is the process where students combine individual sounds to form a word, e.g. ‘k’ – ‘a’ – ‘t’ “cat”
What is blending?
A two word preposition used to introduce someone else’s ideas.
What is 'according to'?
(6 + 14) x 3/5 - 2
What is '10'?
This is the difference between a phrase and a clause.
What is 'a clause contains a subject and a verb'?
These pre-reading skills help students identify the individual sounds of a language and are important before children can learn to read.
What are phonological skills?
These are words that sound the same but have different meanings.
What are homonyms?
To interpret something using your prior knowledge and context clues.
What is 'to infer'?
2 (16/4 ÷ 3/6) =
16