Vocabulary 1
A mosquito buzzing in your ear while you are trying to fall asleep is acting as a what?
nuisance
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Over five years, a tiny sapling grew a little bit each season until it finally became a tall shade tree. How did the tree grow?
gradually
Beavers are known as nature’s engineers. They use their sharp front teeth to chop down trees and branches. Then, they pile the wood, mud, and stones together in rivers to build dams that keep their homes safe from predators.
What is the main idea of this text?
A. Beavers are interesting creatures.
B. Beavers build dams out of trees and mud to protect themselves .
C. Beavers are mammals.
D. Beavers use their teeth to chop down trees.
B. Beavers build dams out of trees and mud to protect themselves.
Which word is spelled correctly?
A) alwayes
B) always
C) allways
B) always
A gardener planted 5 rows of flowers with 7 flowers in each row. What multiplication sentence shows the total number of flowers?
5 x 7 = 35
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When the teacher called on Sam for whispering, Sam stood up, crossed his arms, and stated, "It wasn't me, I was reading!" with a face full of anger at the unfair call. How did Sam speak?
indignantly
A stray baseball flew off the bat at top speed, zipped right over the fence, and slammed into the dugout wall. What did the ball do?
hurtled
Marcus opened his lunchbox and sighed. He pulled out a crushed sandwich, looked at it, closed the box, and pushed it away while resting his chin in his hands.
Based on the passage, how is Marcus feeling about his lunch?
A. proud
B. angry
C. disappointed
D. delighted
C. disappointed
Which option shows the correct spelling of the word?
A) autor
B) awthor
C) author
C) author
How can this repeated addition equation be written as a multiplication equation?
4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4= ___
6 x 4 = ___
Two players on the basketball court shouted back and forth over who stepped out of bounds before the referee stepped in. What had the two players done?
quarreled
If someone makes fun of your favorite hobby and it makes you feel upset or disrespected, how do you feel?
offended
Desert tortoises spend up to 95% of their lives underground in deep burrows. These burrows shelter them from extreme summer heat and freezing winter temperatures, while also keeping their bodies from losing water.
According to the text, why do desert tortoises spend so much time in underground burrows?
To protect themselves from heat, cold, and losing water
Which word is spelled correctly in this group: agane, however, sence, expain?
however
Using the Commutative Property of Multiplication, if you know that 9 x 3 = 27, what other multiplication fact do you automatically know?
3 x 9 = 27
An astronaut traveling to the moon and walking on its surface for the first time is famous for these brave achievements. What are these achievements called?
exploits
Fill in the blank. She gave her sister a _____ look when she noticed the mess in the kitchen.
curious
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Maya noticed a new student standing alone on the playground during recess. She paused her game of tag, walked over with a smile, and asked, "Do you want to play with us?"
Which character trait best describes Maya?
A. proud
B. determined
C. unfriendly
D. thoughtful
D. thoughtful
Apply the spelling rule to add the suffix -ing to the base word write. How do you spell the new word?
writing
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Which equation correctly shows how to solve 7 x 6 by breaking apart the 7 using the distributive property of multiplication? Then tell what the correct answer is.
A. 7 x 6 + 7
B. 7 x (3 + 3)
C. (6 x 6) + (1 x 6)
D. (7 x 3) + (7 x 3)
C. (6 x 6) + (1 x 6)
36 + 6 = 42
When Nina saw a locked wooden box in the attic, she peered closely at the lock, turned it over in her hands, and spent an hour looking for the key because she wanted to see inside. How was Nina acting?
curious
Which of the following is an antonym for indignantly.
A. angrily
B. heatedly
C. calmly
D. resentfully
C. calmly
Both frogs and toads are amphibians that hatch from eggs. However, frogs have smooth, wet skin and live near water, while toads have bumpy, dry skin and prefer living on dry land.
What text structure is used in this passage?
A. Sequence of Events
B. Compare and Contrast
C. Cause and Effect
B. Compare and Contrast
How do you correctly spell the word hop when you add the suffix -ed?
hopped
Can you make a ten to solve 5 x 6 x 2 = ____?
Explain how you would do it and solve the problem.
Yes, (5 x 2) x 6
10 X 6 = 60