What is the name of a 5 sided shape?
A five sided shape is a pentagon.
What do we call two letters that make one sound, like "sh" or "ch"?
Two letters that make one sound are called diagraphs.
What is the name of the Native American Tribe that was in New Jersey?
The Native American tribe that lived in what is now New Jersey is called the Lenape Tribe.
What part of speech refers to a person, place, or thing?
A noun!
What is the mascot at RCDS.
The Gators!
Jack has 2 quarters, 5 nickels, and 1 penny. How much money do I have?
Jack has 76 cents.
Which of these is a closed syllable word?
A. Go
B. Cat
C. Tree
D. Blue
B. Cat
What is the name of the 2 types of house that the Lenape people lived in?
Lenape people lived in Wigwams and Longhouses.
The words there, their, and they're are an example of a _______.
A homophone!
What are the 4 pillars at RCDS?
1. Kind
2. Honest
3. Respectful
4. Responsible
This is the structure of the model we use when we are adding or subtracting. It has part, part, and a whole.
This is a number bond.
What do we call the mark that shows a vowel is long, like in "cake"?
A. Syllable
B. Macron
C. Breve
D. Accent
B. Macron
What county is Rumson Country Day School in?
RCDS is in Monmouth County.
What do we call the DESCRIBING word that tells us about a person, place, or thing?
We call this an Adjective!
What year was RCDS founded in?
RCDS was founded in 1926.
Who is on the one dollar bill?
George Washington is on the U.S. one dollar bill. He was the first President of the United States.
Which word has a glued sound?
A. Lamp
B. Snake
C. Train
D. Run
A: Lamp (“-am” is a glued sound)
New Jersey is also known as the _______________ because of its great agriculture.
New Jersey is known as The Garden State!
Cake, pine, mule, grape, and hide, are all examples of what syllable type?
These words are all v-e syllable type words!
What is the name of the Master at RCDS?
The master at RCDS is Mr. Carson Smith.
Ms. Gellar has 36 cents leftover!
What kind of syllable is in the word "robot"?
A. Both are closed
B. First is open, second is closed
C. Both are open
D. First is closed, second is open
Answer: B. First is open (“ro”), second is closed (“bot”)
What is the name of the women who "invented" the blueberry who is from New Jersey?
Elizabeth Coleman White (1871-1954) of the Pine Barrens developed the nation’s first cultivated blueberry.
Every single sentence should start with a ________ and end with __________! (hint: Miss Gellar says this 100 times a day!)
"Every single sentence should start with a capital letter and end with punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation point!)"
What are the RCDS school colors?
Green and white!