Grammar
Where does a suffix go in a word?
At the end of a word.
What does the beginning of every sentence need to start with?
A capital letter
What is Elsa's problem in Frozen 1?
She cannot control her ice powers.
Spell the opposite of day
night
What does main/central idea mean?
Is what the passage or reading section is mainly about.
Write an example of a prefix?
Write an example of a common noun?
A person, place, thing or animal example
What is the capital of Kansas?
Topeka
Spell the opposite of go
stop
The girl came back into the house, panting " I ran as fast as I could and I yelled for the driver to wait for me! I even dropped my backpack because I was running so fast"
What happened to the girl?
She missed the bus.
Give an example an abstract noun
answers may vary
Write an example of a proper noun?
open ended
What is Mrs. Koss's favorite color?
Mint.
Spell the opposite of ugly
beautiful
The water felt so good on such a hot day. I heard the other children laughing across the way. The concrete was wet from a group of kids splashing each other.
Where am I?
At a pool.
What does an adverb do? (Bonus points: give an example!)
Describes a verb
Give an example of a compound sentence.
Asnwers vary
What country do we live in?
USA
Spell the opposite of sunny
cloudy
Keep your speech concise to save time. We have many students who need to present their reports. What does "concise" mean?
short,brief
What does an adjective do?
Describes a noun
Fix the sentence to the correct way.
I tolded josh to sotp played wth hiz ipad
I told Josh to stop playing with his iPad.
What continent do we live on? (Bonus Points: How many continents are there on Earth?)
North America (7)
Spell the opposite of noisy
quiet
Shelly has a big math test tomorrow so she needs to study. She gets out her math book. She finds all of her homework. She is going to do the problems from it for practice.
What is the main idea?
Shelly is studying for her test.
Shelly is practicing for her test.
Shelly is preparing for her test.
What are words that sounds the same but are spelled different?
homophones
What is wrong with the following sentence?
The girls plays with her sister at the parks.
Hint:2 errors
girls to girl (or plays to play)
parks to park
How many languages do we have in our class?
Three (four including sign langauge and Mx. Rory)
Spell the opposite of build
destroy
Which sentence expresses a similar idea?
"They took the cooked bird from the fire and offered it to her."
1) "The young man reached into his bag and gave the women his last bit of food"
2) "The old woman realized this man was different from the others"
3) " The young man was eager to share his discovery with the king"