2nd Grade Jeopardy

Phonics

100

You double the final consonant of a word if it is one syllable with a short vowel sound and ends in one of four letters. Name them.

f, l, s or z

200

Which of these words contains a schwa: cat, banana, train, tornado

banana

300

How does adding the suffix -ed change a word?

Makes a verb happen in the past.

400

Write all the ways to spell the sound /or/.

or, ore, our

500

Write a word with a diphthong in it.

Any word with either ow or ou that says /ow/, or oi or oy that says /oi/

Math

100

Name an odd number.

Any number with a 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9 in the ones place.

200

Write a fraction to describe the number of vowels in the word "Trailblazer."

4/11

300

You have 4 groups of 5 cookies. How many cookies do you have?

20 cookies.

400

56 - 29 = ?

27

500

287 + 136 = ?

423

Writing

100

Which words in this sentence are adjectives: The orange cat ran after the fast mouse.

orange, fast

200

Write an opinion sentence.

Answers will vary.

300

What is wrong with this sentence: ms. estes teaches at trailblazer elementary school.

Capitalize the proper nouns (Ms. Estes, Trailblazer Elementary School)

400

Name an important component of a letter.

Date, greeting, body, closing (signature)

500

What is wrong with this sentence: Basketball is a cool sport I love to watch it.

Run-on sentence (Basketball is a cool sport. I love to watch it.)

Science

100

What are the three states of matter?

Solid, liquid and gas

200

What type of extreme weather is formed over the ocean and has strong winds and rain except in the eye of the storm?

Hurricane

300

Name a behavioral adaptation that animals make due to seasonal changes.

Hibernation (dormancy), migration

400

What is one characteristic of an insect?

three body parts, six legs, 1 or 2 pairs of wings, invertebrate, cold blooded, lays eggs

500

Name something you use that is made from a plant.

So many things...

Social Studies

100

What word describes trading things with someone else without using money.

Barter

200

Name a great leader we learned about this year.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, Jackie Robinson, Cesar Chavez, Abraham Lincoln

300

Name the three indigenous nations we learned about.

Eastern Woodlands, Plains, Southwest

400

Name a changemaker we learned about this year.

Benjamin Franklin, George Washington Carver, Mary Jackson, Amelia Earhart

500

Name a continent in the world.

North America, South America, Africa, Australia, Asia, Antarctica, Europe