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What are the 4 stages of a frog's life cycle?
Egg/Spawn, tadpole, froglet, frog!
100
Good readers know there are 3 ways to read a book. What are the 3 ways to read a book?
-Read the pictures -Read the words -Retell the story
100
Say the letter/keyword/sound for all of the short vowels.
a/apple/a e/Ed/e i/itch/i o/octopus/o u/up/u
100
We know a chant to help us remember how to use the < and > comparison symbols. Do this chant (with the hand motions!)
The alligator opens wide, the bigger number goes inside! (Arms open wide, clap together like a mouth).
100
Who was our first Student of the Week? Who was our last Student of the Week?
Katie O. was first, and Matthew I. was last!
200
What vegetable did we plant in September? What can you tell me about the parts of this plant?
We planted a radish. A radish has a root that we can eat, and leaves that grow above ground.
200
When we sit with our partner for read to someone, we sit a special way. What is that way called and what does it mean?
We sit EEKK! It means Elbow to Elbow, Knee to Knee.
200
What is it called when two consonants together create one new sound?
A digraph.
200
Count by ordinal numbers from the 1st to the 20th.
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th
200
Who wrote and illustrated The Cat in the Hat, Hop on Pop, The Sneetches, and many other silly stories?
Dr. Seuss
300
What are two ways that seeds travel?
Seeds travel by: blowing in the wind, by clinging on other animals (hitchhikers), or by floating on the water
300
Good readers check for understanding while they read. What does this mean?
They ask themselves: -Who is in the story -What is happening -Why is it happening? (sometimes)
300
All, am, an, ing, ang, and others are examples of what kind of sounds?
Welded sounds!
300
This shape has 4 straight sides. The sides are all equal length. It looks like a square that's been hit (gently) by a bus. What shape is it?
It's a rhombus!
300
Here's an art question: What is it called when you paint with watercolors over wax crayon markings and the crayon shows through?
Wax resist
400
For a magnet to attract something, it must have ______ in it.
Iron
400
Eagle Eye is a strategy good readers use. What is the Eagle Eye strategy?
Eagle Eye means we use our picture clues to help us figure out tricky words and understand what is happening in the story.
400
What is the rule for adding a suffix -s to the end of a word? How do you know whether to add -s or -es?
When the base word ends in ch, sh, s, x, or z you add the suffix -es. All other words, you just add suffix -s.
400
Ms. Barron will read 8 books this summer and Mrs. Dewar will read 9. -How many books will they read altogether? -Write the number sentence and the answer. -Which addition strategy helps you solve this problem most efficiently?
8+9=17 Doubles Plus 1 or Doubles -1
400
What author draws detailed boarders to help her readers predict what will happen next in the story?
Jan Brett
500
What are the 4 directions on a map? What is the name of the pointy symbol that shows the 4 directions on a map?
-North, South, East, West -Compass Rose
500
What is it called when you think about what is going on in the story and you guess what might happen next?
Making a prediction.
500
What special letter makes the vowel say it's name? And, what are 3 long vowel words you know?
Magic e! (and 3 long vowel words of your choice)
500
Show 2:30 on the clock and explain how you know it's 2:30, not 1:30 or 3:30. Tell what you know about hour and minute hands.
The hour hand is the short hand. The minute hand is the long hand. At 2:30, the minute hand is on the 6 and the hour hand is halfway between the 2 and the 3. You know it's 2:30 (not 1:30 or 3:30) because you look back to the smaller number, and 2 is smaller than 3. Also, it hasn't gone past the 3:00 hour yet so it can't be 3:30.
500
Sing the first two verses of This Land is Your Land and do the correct sign language :-)
This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York Island From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me. As I went walking that ribbon of highway I saw above me that endless skyway I saw below me that golden valley This land was made for you and me.