Math
ELA
Social Studies
Science
Room 20 Shenanigans
100

Mary has a cardboard box and wonders what the volume of it is. The box has a height of 4 inches, width of 8 inches, and a length of 4 inches. 

What is 128 in3?

100

The hint for this is from the end of a little tune created by the Queen... "... that's the way it's supposed to be!"

What is "B-e-c-a-u-s-e"?

100

Every state in the US has a capital... including our home state, Massachusetts!

What is Boston?
100

Think... it's the 6th planet from the Sun!

What is Saturn?

100

This student was given the nickname "Chatty Cathy" for talking a bit too much and getting caught in the process. 

Who is Gabby (Gabriella)?

200

These 4 words are considered answers to different orders of operations.

What are the sum, the difference, the product and the quotient?

200

Hmmm... I'm thinking of a suffix that puts words in past tense.

What is -ed?

200

This response was common to the question... "What motivates someone to leave a place they call home?"

What is to get away from war? (Will also accept to start a new life)

200

The moon seems like a cool place to play a sport. We would be jumping so much higher because of this word.

What is gravity?

200

The famous phrase is uttered whenever a student apologizes... 

What is "Don't be sorry, be better!"

300

Multiplying decimals means that numbers eventually get...

What is smaller?
300
Two words... they help a reader understand what a word or phrase mean.

What are context clues?

300

One word: Before equality and freedom of choice and relations, people of different colors were separated in everything they did.

What is segregation?

300
This word describes what different animals use to escape from predators.

What is camouflage? 

300

This student has asked more questions than any student in Pottenger history... and by a MILE.

Who is Nalah?

400

When you divide 30 slices of pizza between 6 people, x is the number of pizzas each person receives.

What are 5 pizzas?

400

Words can be more complex than you think. While there are words that are spelled differently but sound the same, these are words that ARE spelled the same YET sound different. 

What are homographs?

400

The American Flag has 50 stars, representing the number of states in the US. Those stripes aren't exactly for show, either. 

What are the 13 Colonies?

400

This is the process of plants making food.

What is photosynthesis?
400

The amount of Student Council members in Room 20 exceeded the normal amount... it started with 6, but the total is higher. 

What is 8? (Kiah, Yonina, Seliane, JC, Joseph, Nalah, Gabby, Xayley)

500

A jacket sold for $30.00 is on sale... 10% off! This jacket is now worth... 

What is $3?

500

These are the different types of sentences we use in our daily language.

What are exclamatory, declarative, imperative, and interrogative sentences?

500

Over two thirds of our planet is encompassed by water. Four oceans were recognized in our history, but now there's a fifth. These are the names that were given to them.

What are the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic and Southern Ocean.

500

Not all rocks are all the same... they have a few different names as well!

What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks?

500

This is a phrase coined by the Queen B... usually when a student tells her some kind of nonsense!

What is HEAVENS TO BETSY?