I Learned This
An organism that hunts for prey
What is a predator?
Categories of fiction based on content or theme, e.g., historical fiction, fantasy, mystery
What are genres?
Our valiant leader
Who is Ms. Parks?
These are positive numbers and their opposites (negative numbers).
What are integers?
The number of doors connected to the library space that lead to hallways
What is four?
Three major processes of the water cycle
What are evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
The first time that students are allowed to have two books checked out at a time is in this grade
What is third?
This teacher keeps students moving
Who is Mr. Williams?
Putting events in chronological order is an example of this
What is sequencing?
This is short word added onto the beginning of another word to change its meaning
What is a prefix?
The main idea explored by a story
What is the theme?
This book format is composed of illustrated panels
ECGE's Teacher of the Year and ELL Specialist
Who is Ms. Busam?
We can use this to illustrate events from history or a person's life
What is a time line?
They eat both herbivores and carnivores
What are omnivores?
To shorten and tell the most important parts of a reading passage
What is to summarize?
What is I Survived?
These students were selected to participate in the North Carolina Elementary Honors Chorus
Who are Christian Adkins and Amarah White?
This planetary movement is most responsible for the changes in season
What is the tilt of Earth on its axis?
The combined process of returning water to a vaporous state from both plants and the surface of the earth (water and soil)
What is evapotranspiration?
Using clues from the reading and what you already know to figure out what is happening is an example of this reading strategy
What is inferring? (Also accept: prediction/predicting)
This historic event is so popular it has its own tiny section in the library
What is the sinking of the titanic?
ECGE students placed second at Regionals in this contest for competitive readers
What is Battle of the Books?
This atmospheric element blows storms from west to east
What is the jet stream?
The best fifth grade teacher
Who is [_______]?