5th Grade
ELA
ELA
A root word is...
What is a word that stands alone - with no prefixes or suffixes?
These are: " "
What are quotation marks?
The Greek root aqua means
What is water?
What is the basic paragraph sentence structure?
Topic sentence
Body sentences
Closing sentence
How an author feels about a topic.
What is author's point of view (perspective)?
If a text uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
- is it third-person or first-person?
What is third-person point of view?
Give an example of a verb
What is run, skip, walk, jump, etc?
The prefix bi- in bicycle means that a bicycle has ___ wheels.
What is two or 2?
Something I can do to relax before a test
What is close your eyes and take some big deep breaths?
The OREO strategy is helpful for this type of writing
What is Opinion Writing?
Identify the error(s) in this sentence:
jamal likes to swim, ride bikes and read books
What is...
Jamal likes to swim, ride bikes (,) and read books.
The verb in the following sentence is?
Tony slithered quietly down the hallway.
What is slithered?
If the prefix -un means not, what does unavailable mean?
What is, not able to do something
These nouns are always capitalized... Give 3 examples.
Proper nouns.
Example: Portland, California, Mt. Hood
Use the text to put the events in order.
The space shuttle Challenger took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 28, 1986. The crew members were all in their seats on the shuttle by 8:36 a.m. However, the day of the launch was very cold, and there was ice on the ground. A team had been sent to the launch area to inspect the icy conditions in the middle of the previous night. At 8:44 a.m., the crew decided that they needed to wait for the ice to melt before launching. Once the ice had melted, the shuttle finally launched. Unfortunately, the shuttle exploded only seconds after taking off due to an issue with a tank.
1.The team inspects the icy conditions.
2. All Challenger crew members are in their seats.
3. The crew waits for the ice to melt.
The theme of this paragraph?
Jordan was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke her mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. She went to her mom and told her what she had done even though she knew she'd be punished.
What is honesty?
What is integrity?
Aubri assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing.
The word assumed means
What is suspected or guessed?
The text structure to put events in order is known as
What is sequence or chronological order?
What are two things I can do if I don't know the answer or I'm unsure?
Process of elimination and take the best guess
This is an example of what literary device?
Two students were talking while the teacher was teaching. As a result, they have silent lunch...
What is Cause and Effect?
Details that help support a main idea are called____.
What are supporting details?
What does an adjective do and give at least one example.
Describes something.
Examples: clean, dirty, tall, short
I was jumping through hoops to please my new teacher. "jumping through hoops" is an example of what type of literary device
Idiom/Figurative Language
When reading a text, visualization means to
What is draw pictures in my mind (imagine)
What inference can you make about what Eric hit?
Eric swung the stick. He heard the whoosh of air, and his friends' laughter. Eric swung again. More air, more laughter. On the third swing, he heard a loud thump. Eric ripped off his blindfold. The piñata was still in one piece, but the tree's bark had a big dent in it.
Eric hit the tree instead of the piñata.