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Vocabulary
About Nouns
Comp
Grammar and Writing
All Mixed Up
100
When a seed sprouts and begins to grow.
What is germinate?
100
Identify the proper noun: boy, holiday, thanksgiving, school.
What is Thanksgiving?
100
In "The Pea Blossom" what the old man saw when he looked at the plant and at his daughter.
What is as the plant got bigger and more colorful, his daughter got healthier?
100
When a passage is written with details in exactly the order they happen, it is organized in this way.
What is by sequence?
100
These are a variety of sources you use to do research and find information.
What are reference sources?
200
Where you find the seeds in evergreen trees.
What are in cones?
200
This is a very specific ,or particular, person, place or thing.
What is a proper noun?
200
In "Waking Up a Bean" Darlene uses: dried, reddish-brown, and a shape to describe these things she SAW and later investigated.
What are kidney beans?
200
The boy washed his hands before lunch. The girl washed her hands before lunch. The recess aide washed her hands before lunch. To revise these sentences will you combine this part of the sentences.
What are the similar subjects.
200
A book source you would use to find information about where Koala bears live.
What is an encyclopedia?
300
When you or other plants and animals adjust to live in different conditions, it is called doing this.
What is adapt?
300
On Thursday there will be a science test about the Famous inventor Thomas Edison. These are the proper nouns in the sentence.
What are Thursday and Thomas Edison?
300
In "Ode to the Giant Redwood," because redwoods are very strong and sturdy trees, the author uses a metaphor to describe them as this.
What are soldiers , or an army?
300
The Fourth Grade teachers like to read fiction. The students like to read fiction. Mrs. O'Leary like to read fiction too. How can you revise these sentences to make them better?
What is:The Fourth Grade teachers, the students, and even Mrs. O'Leary like to read fiction?
300
A strategy to help you understand what you read when you use your senses to create a picture in your head is called this.
What is creating mental images?
400
Animals and plants produce new animals and plants through this process.
What is reproduction?
400
A proper noun for teacher (the one you have for Art)
Who is Mrs. Foran?
400
In "Pea Blossom" the author describes the girl as delicate and frail, so you can infer this about her.
What is she has been ill or sick?
400
When authors organize writing in sequence they will use transition words like this.
What are first, next, then, and finally?
400
You would use this to find information about many topics organized by year?
What is an almanac
500
This is when you put things into different groups of similar things.
What is categorize?
500
Find the proper nouns: As Sally walked along the sea shore in Sea Isle City, she saw a special seal sightseeing station. Sara, who was a speicalist there, told her about Sammy who was a circus seal at Sea World.
What are Sally, Sea Isle city, Sara, Sammy and Sea World?
500
When the author was gathering and writing down ideas about giant redwoods, he was using this writing step.
What is prewriting?
500
This is the best way to combine these predicates: The dog whined. The dog ran around in circles. The dog scratched its fur to get rid of the fleas in its coat
What is: The dog whined, ran around in circles and scratched its fur to get rid of the fleas in its coat.
500
When you compare two things that are very different to help create an image and "see" somethng in a different way.
What is using a metaphor?