ELA
What is the central idea of a text?
What the text is mostly about
What are these: " "
Quotation marks
What does the Greek root aqua mean?
a. water
b. air
A. water
How many days are in a week?
7
What is Mrs. Kaunitz's favorite animal?
Shark
-uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
- is used primarily in what point of view?
Third-person point of view
What names a person, place, thing or idea?
nouns
The prefix bi- in bicycle means...
Two or 2
What is Mr. Wilson's favorite football team?
Pittsburgh Steelers
What is Mrs. Kaunitz husbands name?
Mr. Drew Williamson
What is wrong with this sentence?
the boy ran toward the building when he heard the noise.
the 't' in the beginning needs to be capitalized
What word is a verb in the following sentence?
Tony slithered quietly down the hallway.
slithered
What does the prefix 'un' mean?
(Unkind, untied, unbelievable)
not
How many days are in a leap year?
366
How old is Mrs. Kaunitz?
26
What is the theme of this paragraph?
Sadie 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 and her mom did not punish her because she was truthful.
The theme is: Honesty
Emily is selective about what she eats. What does selective mean?
choosy; picky
The text structure what put events in order is know as ___________.
a. compare and contrast
b. sequence or chronological
c. problem and solution
b. sequence or chronological
What does the word " gingerly" mean?
cautiously; timidly
Who are Mrs. Kaunitzs friends at Bagdad?
Any!
What is hyperbole?
An exclamatory sentence ends with a/an....
Exclamation point
What is a simile?
A comparison using like or as
What literary technique is the phrase, "She's an angel"?
Metaphor.
What does Mrs. Kaunitz like to do when not at school?
Read! Cook! Be outside!