Grammar
Compare/Contrast
Riddle Me This
Phonics
Standards
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RACE-500 hardest one
100
What are nouns called that mean more than one? Example: shirts, people, children, geese, books.
Plural nouns
100
Fill in the blanks.
When we ___________ 2 or more things we tell how they are similar.
When we ____________ 2 or more things we tell how they are different.
When we ___compare___ 2 or more things we tell how they are similar.
When we ___contrast___ 2 or more things we tell how they are different.
100
What has a head, a tail, but no body? (Hint: can be flipped)
A coin
100
How many syllables in the word nosedive?
2: nose- dive
100
distractor questions ask for which answers DO NOT
a. clock- short a
e. cup- short u
100
Pictionary Time:
1 student from your group will have 1 minute to draw a picture on the board for their group to guess.
Become an artist!
100
What are the 4 components of RACE strategy
Restate the question
Answer the question
Cite your evidence
Explain your evidence
200
Subject or Predicate?
chased the mouse and caught it.
Predicate
the action part of the sentence
200
Test Review:
c. one is orange but the other can be green, red, or yellow
Reasoning: answers a and b are telling how the 2 are similar (comparing). answer d is incorrect because neither apples or oranges are vegetables
200
Which letter in the alphabet has the most water in it?
The letter "c"
200
What sound does the sh digraph make?
Name 2 words with the sh sound.
shop, shoe, show, shadow, shape, milkshake
200
Tcap released item question. Read the short passage.
a. upset
Reasoning- his mother asks him what's wrong. I can make an inference that his facial expression was a frown.
200
Brain Break!
You guessed it!
200
How would you restate this question?
Why do the kids prefer summer over winter?
The kids prefer summer over winter because __________________________
300
What do you do to make elf plural?
change the f to a ves
elves
300
What type of graphic organizer do we use when we are comparing and contrasting 2 or more things? (Hint: it has 2 circles that connect in the middle)
A Venn diagram
300
What word begins with e, ends with e, but only has 1 letter in it?
(Hint: you can send this)
Envelope
300
Which words have the long e sound in the sentence below?
Jim needs to go to the store. He must wake his brother up and take him too!
Needs and he
300
Tcap released items: Listening questions
Listen as your teacher reads a sentence and a question about the sentence. Then select the best answer.
b. the sentence I just read to you stated that a carpenter works with wood and builds things with wood. The only picture showing this was b.
300
Solve this mad gab riddle: Hint its not what you see but its how the words sound together
Tooth Hum Sup
Clue: You can do this with your hands
two thumbs up
300
Which component of RACE is this example missing? How can they fix it?
Why does dad say "if the people in the garden work hard, then the cats will work twice as hard?"
Dad says "if the people in the garden work hard, then the cats will work twice as hard because. The text says on page 28 "Catalog Cats love gardens, but they will only work hard if the people work hard." This shows that dad wants Julian and Huey to work hard in the garden.
They didn't answer the question and skipped right to their evidence.
Students give an answer to the question to receive the points.
400
Find the LINKING VERBS in the list: Fun, Still, Is, Am, Was, Were, We, You, Are, Everyone
Is, Am, Was, Were, Are
400
Challenge Yourselves!
Compare and Contrast: Summer and Winter
Similarities- both are seasons, you get a vacation from school during both, there can be extreme temperatures during both seasons
Differences- summer gets very hot but winter is very cold, you have to wear more clothes in the winter, you can build a snowman in the winter but not in the summer
400
What has holes all over but still holds water?
A sponge
400
Which words have the same vowel sound as in the word hike?
a. hill b. light c. beak d. lake e. ice
b. light and e. ice
400
Illustrations help us understand context.
What can we learn from the picture?
a. what grade the kid is in
b. they are baking
c. what they are making
b. from the picture we can tell that they are baking.
400
Solve this rebus puzzle
Hint: This can be a punishment if you don't follow the rules
No TV for a week
400
Which is not an example of citing evidence?
a. The evidence is I saw it in the text.
b. I know because the story said it.
c. On page 17 it states "Mr. Little walked back and forward worrying about the new guests."
d. This proves that the answer is correct
c.
The best way to cite evidence is by including the page number and the exact words from the text that prove your answer to be correct.
500
Find the Action Verbs in these sentences: (there are 3)
1. My mom baked me a cake before she gave me presents.
2. Underneath the rug, Jenna hid her bad report card.
1. baked, gave
2. hid
500
Contrast the 2 pictures. 1 minute to find the 5 differences
Differences- apples in the tree, 3 pigs not 2, 2 horses, dog instead of a cat, lady with the girl instead of a man
500
How many letters are in the alphabet?
Tricked ya!!! 11 letters
the- 3 letters
alphabet- 8 letters
together that makes 11 letters
500
Which words have the same number of syllables as America?
a. sauce b. nineteen c. intelligent d. alligator
e. banana
4 syllables A-mer-i-ca
c. in-tel-li-gent
d. al-li-ga-tor
500
Test Review
c.
500
The Big Bad Wolf
500
Double Points to the team who can create a RACE response to the question: How are the Littles different from the Biggs?
10 minutes on the clock. All teams have the chance to get the points. Each team member must collaborate. When the timer goes off, the team with the best RACE response gets double points!
Answers will vary.
