Phonics
Identify the vowel sound in the word "boat."
"boat" has the long o vowel sound (as in "oh").
Spell the plural of "fox."
"foxes"
Identify the subject in this sentence: "The dog ran fast."
Subject = "The dog" (or simply "dog")
What part of speech is the word "happy"?
"happy" is an adjective.
Make a prediction: If a character sees dark clouds, what might happen next? (Give one logical prediction.)
Example answer: "It might rain."
What two letters make the /sh/ sound? Give an example word.
"sh" (example: ship).
Which is correct: "there," "their," or "they're"? Fill in the blank: ____ going to the park.
"They're" going to the park.
Is this sentence a question, command, or statement? "Close the door."
Command (imperative sentence)
In the sentence "She quickly ran to school," what part of speech is "quickly"?
"quickly" is an adverb.
Find the meaning of this sentence from a passage: "The kitten hid behind the curtains." What does "hid" tell you the kitten did?
"Hid" means the kitten went to a place where others could not see it; it took cover.
Blend these phonemes to make a word: /h/ /a/ /r/ /p/ (write the word).
"harp"
Spell the past tense of "hop."
"hopped"
Combine these two short sentences into one sentence using "and": "Sam read a book. Sam ate a snack."
"Sam read a book and ate a snack."
Identify the noun and the verb in: "The birds sang loudly."
Noun = "birds"; verb = "sang"
Explain how an illustration helps you understand a character's feelings. (Use a provided picture or describe an illustration.)
(Example) "A picture showing tears on a character's face helps you know they feel sad, even if the words don't say sad."
Tell whether the vowel in "kitten" is a short or long vowel and explain briefly.
Short vowel (the "i" in "kitten" is a short i).
Use the base word "help" to write a word with the suffix that means "one who does". Spell it.
"helper"
Add a correct ending punctuation mark to this sentence and explain why: "What time does the movie start"
Add a question mark: "What time does the movie start?" because it asks a question.
Choose the correct pronoun to fill the blank: "____ is my backpack: it or they?"
"It is my backpack." (use "it")
This is the person who tells the story in a book. What do we call that person? **Hint (It's not the author.)
Narrator
Change the initial consonant of "pack" to /m/ and write the new word. Also name the type of phoneme changed (consonant or vowel).
"mack" → changing /p/ to /m/ makes "mack"; phoneme changed = consonant.
Spell the word that means "a place where books are kept and borrowed".
"library"
Rewrite this run-on as two correct sentences: "I went to the store I bought apples."
Split into two sentences: "I went to the store. I bought apples."
Name the part of speech that describes where or when (example words: "outside," "yesterday").
Adverb (words like "outside" can be adverbs or prepositions depending on use; "yesterday" is an adverb of time)
What do we call the place and time where a story happens? (One-word answer.)
Setting