Dictionary
Compound Words
Cause & Effect
Problem & Solution
Punctuation
100

A dictionary is used for.....

to define words that you don't know

100

A compound word is when ______ words come together to form a _____ word. The new word is called a compound word.

2 or more; new

100

The ______ is why something happened. 

The ______ is what happened.

The CAUSE is why something happened. 

The EFFECT is what happened.

100

The ______ is what goes wrong.

The _______ is how it was fixed or solved.

The PROBLEM is what goes wrong.

The SOLUTION is how it was fixed or solved.

100

When you write a sentence, the first letter needs to be ____________ and you need to put a ____________ at the end of the sentence.

capitalized; punctuation mark

200

DICTIONARY DIG 

Read the words and the find the word that comes in between. 

Apple: a crunchy fruit with outer skin and seeds inside

Author: the writer of a piece of text

Which word would come in between? ATTEND or AWAIT

ATTEND
200

Find ALL the compound words.

Sometimes I jump really high. It is fun to jump up and down. A butterfly flies around me when I jump. Can you jump up and down with me? The sunshine feels good on my skin. Anybody can jump up and down!

sometimes

butterfly

sunshine

anybody

200

Find the CAUSE.

Since the car was making a funny noise, my dad took it to the shop.

Car was making a funny noise!

200

Find the PROBLEM.

Maggie, Duke, and Bruce are staring out the window and will not stop barking. You let your dog out the backyard.

The dogs won't stop barking!

200

What are the three punctuation marks?

Period .

Question Mark ?

Exclamation Mark !

300

Read the words and the find the word that comes in between. 

Day: a time when the sky is light and the sun is out

Dog: a popular animal species kept as pets

Which word would come in between? DAD or DIME

DIME

300

Miss Jaicee will give you a piece of paper for the word SUNGLASSES.

Find the definition.

Glasses you wear in the sun!

300

Find the EFFECT.

Shane hurt his leg, so he couldn't play soccer.

He couldn't play soccer.

300

Find the SOLUTION.

Brayden needed money to buy a game. He held a lemonade stand in his neighborhood.

Brayden held a lemonade stand in his neighborhood!

300

You use a ________ for a statement.

You use a ___________ for a question.

You use a ___________ to show excitement.

Period

Question Mark

Exclamation mark

400

Read the words and the find the word that comes in between. 

BIG: large in size

BLINK: a movement when the eyelids close quickly

Which word would come in between? BONE or BITE

BITE

400

Miss Jaicee will give you a page for TREEHOUSE.

Find the definition.

A house made up of tree.

400

Brayden forget his book at school. He was not able to finish his homework. 

Find the cause AND effect.

Cause: Brayden forgot his book at school.

Effect: He was not able to do his homework. 

400

Create a SOLUTION to this problem...

A classmate calls you a mean name.

Answers may vary.

400

CORRECT THIS SENTENCE

why is the sky blyue

Why is the sky blue?

500

Define the word bumblebee using your dictionary.

Tell me how you did it!

a large, hairy bee with yellow and black striped that hums when it flies

"I looked at the guide words at the top of the page."

500

Define the word bird.

Define the word house.


Put the two words together and define the compound word!

An animal that flies.

A space someone lives in.


A space for an animal that flies to live

500

Little Miss Muffet, sat on a tuffet. 

Eating her curds and whey.

Along came a spider,

who sat on down beside her

and frightened Miss Muffet away.

FIND THE CAUSE AND EFFECT...

Cause: A spider sat down beside her.

Effect: It frightened Miss Muffet away. 

500

Ian didn't know what to bring for show and tell. He began to get upset and anxious about it. 

What is a possible solution Ian could do?

BONUS 100 POINTS: How big is this problem? (Low, medium, high)

Answers may vary: Ian could ask his mom to help him find something to bring in.

500

CORRECT THIS SENTENCE

miss jaicee is the bestest teacher in the whole entire world

Miss Jaicee is the GREATEST teacher in the whole entire world!