Context Clues
The colonial family owned few eating utensils. They had no forks and only a few spoons made from pewter by family members. The dinnerware included pewter plates, wooden mugs, and "trenchers" which were wooden bowls with handles.
Based on the paragraph above, what is the meaning of the word utensils?
forks and spoons for eating
Round to the nearest ten: 2,059
2,060
Dear Juan,
I am having a birthday party next Sunday.
It will be at my house at 2:00. I hope you can come.
Your friend,
Bob
What is the author’s purpose for writing this letter?
to inform.
How many sets of parallel lines
are in the a square figure?
2 sets
Paul is reading a book with 207 pages in it. He has 57 pages left to finish the book. How many pages did he read?
150
Tommy is a hard worker who helps our company do well. We would be smart to pay him more money before some other corporation offers him a higher paying job. It's always smart to compensate employees fairly if you want them to stay and your business to continue to do well.
What is the meaning of the word compensate in this paragraph?
pay money to
Round to the nearest hundred-thousand: 479,283
500,000
Lemonade for Sale $.25 per glass.
The author most likely wrote this sign to
I
persuade
What is the relationship between
two lines in the rectangle that never intersect each other?
The lines are parallel.
Britney has a total of 72 candies to divide
up among 8 children.
She has chocolate candies and
butterscotch candies.
If Britney divides the candies evenly
among the children,
How many candies will each child receive?
9 candies
The anaconda lives in the swamps and rivers. Anacondas also climb trees. Adults can get as big as 20 feet long. Anacondas are good swimmers. They have scales and can swim quickly. They kill their prey by constricting and drowning them. Many anacondas are found in South America.
In the passage above, what is the meaning of the word constricting?
squeezing
What place value is the underlined number?
142.23
tenth
Class Assignments
Social Studies
Continue Chapter 7 -- "A Growing State"
Spelling
Spelling list week 1
English
Writing in journals
Review the information in your writing notebooks
Math
Begin Chapter 12 -- "Exploring Geometric Figures"
Reading
Test Friday
The list of assignments above was put on the class bulletin board. Its purpose is to
inform
If you cut a cone in half vertically and look at the inside, what shape would you see?
triangle
There are 121 boats in the marina.
Of those boats, 64 are sailboats.
How many of the boats are NOT sailboats?
57
With an excess of channels, Julie spent the night surfing through hundreds of shows on digital cable.
What does the word "excess" most likely mean?
too many
Round 379,099 to the nearest ten thousand
380,000
Rocks are too heavy,
Feathers too light,
Kids are too noisy,
Shoes are too tight.
Folks are too happy,
Singin' their songs.
Why can't they see it?
Everything's wrong!
"Mr. Grumpledump's Song" by Shel Silverstein
The author, Shel Silverstein, wrote the poem for which purpose?
to entertain
How many vertices does a cube have?
8 vertices
Justin weighs 48 pounds.
His older sister weighs three times as much.
How much does Justin's sister weigh?
144 pounds
Sophia was always acting funny. Her brother rolled his eyes and called her loony when she did crazy dances and clucked like a chicken.
Based on the other information in the passage, what did her brother mean when he called her "loony"?
silly
Round to the nearest ten thousand?
567,560
570,000
What is the most likely reason
for writing a recipe?
to instruct
Which geometric shape has no lines?
sphere
A bottle of water holds 22 ounces of water.
How many ounces of water do 5 bottles hold?
110 ounces