🟩 TEAM KIDS CATEGORY 1: TRICKY WORD SWITCH 🔄
Replace frustrated with a synonym without using upset, mad, or angry.
What is discouraged or annoyed?
Who is the bad guy in a story?
➡️ What is the villain?
Name two ways setting can affect a story.
➡️ What are mood and events?
Give a reason why homework helps learning.
What is it gives extra practice?
Explain theme without using the words lesson, message, or moral.
What is what the story teaches through what happens?
Use gracious in a sentence without using polite, kind, or nice.
What is “She thanked everyone and smiled even when tired.”?
What part of the story solves the problem?
➡️ What is the resolution?
Explain the difference between a theme and a main idea.
➡️ What is theme is the lesson; main idea is what the text is mostly about?
Name one mistake teachers sometimes make.
What is talking too much or going too fast? (brave answer!)
Explain inference without saying guess, think, or clues.
What is figuring something out using what you already know?
Explain selfish without saying share or only.
What is caring about yourself more than others?
Why do authors give characters problems?
➡️ What is to make the story interesting?
Why might an author start a story in the middle of the action?
➡️ What is to grab the reader’s attention?
Explain why students forget rules even when they know them.
What is excitement or distractions?
Explain conflict without saying problem or fight.
What is something stopping the character from reaching a goal?
Use logical in a sentence that a 5-year-old would understand.
What is “It was logical to wear a coat because it was cold.”?
If a story has no villain, can it still have conflict? Explain.
What is yes, because the conflict could be a challenge or situation?
Give one example of foreshadowing.
➡️ What is a hint about what will happen later?
Describe a good teacher using only 5 words.
What is patient, fair, clear, supportive, fun?
Explain character traits without saying personality or qualities.
What is how a character usually acts or behaves?
Explain the difference between honest and kind when telling the truth.
What is being honest tells the truth, being kind thinks about feelings?
If a story is funny but teaches a lesson, what kind of story is it?
➡️ What is a fable or humorous fiction?
Explain how a character’s actions reveal their traits.
➡️ What is by showing what they do instead of telling?
Admit one thing students are better at than teachers.
What is learning new things quickly or having creative ideas?
Explain main idea without saying mostly about.
What is the most important point the author wants readers to understand?