5th Grade
ELA
5th Grade
ELA
5th Grade
ELA
5th Grade
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5th Grade
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100

What is a root word? 

a word that stands alone - with no prefixes or suffixes. 


Bonus- Give an example of a root word then add a prefix or suffix to it

100

What are these: "  "

Quotation marks

100

What does the Greek root aqua mean?

a. water

b. air

A. water

100

How many weeks are in a year?

52

100

What is the name of the fishbowl on my window?

Billy Bob Fishstick

200

-uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story. 

- is told by someone who is not part of the story

Third-person point of view

200

What is an example of a verb?

run, skip, walk, jump, etc

200
The prefix bi- in bicycle means that a bicycle has ___ wheels.
Two or 2
200

Some of you are a decade old.

How long is a decade?

10 years

200

Daily Double


How old is Mr. Bones?

10


October 31, 2013 is his birthday

300

Identify the error in this sentence:

joey likes to swim, ride bikes and read books

The sentence should be:

Joey likes to swim, ride bikes, and read books. 

300

What word is a verb in the following sentence?

Tony slithered quietly down the hallway. 

slithered

300

If the root -ist means someone who is, what does the word artist mean?

Someone who is skill in art or one who makes art. 

300

What does the suffix -ful mean?

full of
300

what is the name of the game we have been playing as a class the past couple of weeks?

(*hint - I asked you for nouns, verbs, adjectives...)

Mad Libs

400

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 even though she knew she'd be punished. 

The theme is honesty 

400

Emily assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing. 

What does the word assumed mean?

suspected or guessed

400

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

400

What does the prefix "pre" mean?

before

400

What is something silly that Mrs. Guess has said this year in class?

answers will vary

500

Details that help support a main idea are called____.

Supporting details

500

An exclamatory sentence ends with a/an....

Exclamation point

500

I was bending over backwards to please my new teacher. What does the idiom "bending of backwards" mean? 

Really trying hard to please. 

500

What does the simile " her heart was a big as gold" mean?

She was really nice.

500

Name 3 animals Mrs. Guess has worked with at the zoo

Options:

Flamingos, Penguins, Rhinos, Elephants, Tigers, Lions, Black Bears, Cheetah, Sea Lions, Eagles, Porcupines, Chinchillas, Sharks, Bats, Snow Leopards, Prairie Dogs, Sloths...etc.