Traditional Tales
What are Grandma's two dogs' names in Grandma and the Great Gourd?
Kalu and Bhulu
Does a government belong to a country or a continent?
A country
What do we call a statement that is not a complete sentence because it is missing a subject or a predicate?
FRAGMENT
What does it mean to be organized? Give me three examples of organization in our classroom.
tucking in your chairs, taking attendance, returning borrowed pencils
How many syllables are in the word basket? Clap the pattern
2 syllables: bas/ket
What is a setting? Why does it matter in a story?
A setting tells the time and place where a story is happening. It helps us understand the lesson or main idea of the story, as well as the plot.
What is a hemisphere?
Half of a sphere, or a half of the Earth
subject and predicate
What is something people have done for a very long time?
CUSTOM
spell the word I will say outloud
MUSTARD
What is a plot? Why does it matter?
A plot is the sequence of events in a story. The plot tells us what is happening. It is the main idea of the story!
True or False: The Prime Meridian line divides the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
False; it divides the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
Fix the sentences:
Oh my god, look at that. wow.
HINT: Think about the tone of the sentence.
Oh my god, look at that! Wow!
What does the word fierce mean? What would you describe as "fierce"?
Meaning: Wild
Example: An animal is fierce.
spell the word I will say out loud
DISGUST
Tell me three types of traditional tales
Folktale, Fable, and Myth
Name the 5 oceans. What is the biggest one?
Arctic, Indian, Southern, Atlantic, Pacific.
Pacific.
Fix the sentence:
We growed tomaytos in hour garden.
We grew tomatoes in our garden.
Provide me with three examples of competition that can occur in the classroom or at Al-Hadi.
1. Racing to the front of the line when we line up to leave the class
2. PSIA
3. Soccer
4. Who runs the fastest
How many syllables are in the word fantastic? Clap the pattern
Fan/tas/tic
3
Think back to when we listened to The Boy's Advice. What kind of traditional tale was that story?
HINT: Remember, there was a lesson at the end of the story.
A FABLE
How many continents do we have? Can you name them?
BONUS: How many continents were there at the beginning of Earth? What were they called?
7; N. America, S. America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Antarctica, Australia
One supercontinent called PANGEA
What is a prefix?
Give me three examples of words with prefixes, and tell me what the words mean.
A prefix is a set of letters we can add to words. Prefixes have their own meaning, and can change the meaning of words they are attached to.
Examples:
Unspoken (not said)
Review (to look at again)
Cosign (to sign with)
Impolite (not polite)
Indestructible (cannot be destroyed)
Look at these two related words:
Occasion, Occasionally
What are their parts of speech (noun, verb, adverb, adjective...)? What do they each mean? How are they alike and different?
An occasion is a special time or event. It is a noun. Occasionally is a word used to describe when something is very rare or only happens sometimes. It is an adverb.
Both words describe when something special or rare happens, but we use them in different ways.
Spell the word I will say outloud
OCCASION