Fact of the Day
Why can't pigs look up into the sky?
The way their neck is shaped does not allow them to look up into the sky.
What is theme?
The lessons, message or moral of the story
What does the R in the RACE Strategy stand for? Explain
R-Restate the question
You use words from the question to start your sentence.
What is setting?
Where and when a story takes place
What is a constellation?
when you can make a picture in the sky if you connected the dots to a group of stars
Why are most underwater museums created?
They are created to keep many people out of the coral reefs.
What is point of view?
Who is telling the story? Who is the narrator?
Name 3 places or words that need a capital letter.
names, places, beginning of the sentence, titles. etc.
What is the difference between photographs and illustrations?
Illustrations are pictures that are drawn, painted or made by a computer. Photographs are pictures that are taken with a camera.
What is the name of our galaxy?
Milky Way Galaxy
Why does the bird the African jacana sometimes look like it has 6 legs?
It carries its babies under its wings and their legs hang out.
What is a character trait? Give 3 examples
A character trait is a word that describes a persons or character's personality.
Examples will vary.
What do you need to do when you start a paragraph?
indent
What is summarizing?
When you retell the important events in a story.
What is a glossary in a book and where is it located?
It is the page in the back of the book where you can find all of the bold words with their definitions. It's found at the back of the book.
Which continent has no countries?
Antarctica
Describe the genre historical fiction.
The story is made up and it has made up characters, but it takes place during as real time in history.
What type of end punctuation can go at the end of a command sentence?
period or exclamation mark
What is a prefix? Give two examples.
What is the name of our principal?
Mr. McKeon
Which country has the most tornadoes in the world?
The United States of America
What is genre?
Genre is a type of book, meaning fiction or nonfiction.
What is the RACE strategy used for?
To help you write a well written paragraph and help answer questions about a text
What is mood?
How the reader feels during or after reading a text.
What are the names of all 3 assistant principals in the building?
Ms. Bhola, Ms. Francois, Mr. Tomasi