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Vocabulary
Idioms
Inferences
Answer ?s After Story
100

A word that rhymes with CAUGHT.

What is "THOUGHT"?

100

You remember something. Something/someone looks familiar.

What is "recognize"?

100

"Hit the hay!"

(figurative language)

What means "going to sleep?"

100

Jasmine comes home from work. She has muddy boots and dusty overalls and pieces of corn falling out of her socks and a chicken feather stuck in her hair. You can infer that Jasmine is a ______________.

What is a FARMER?

100

Once upon a time, there was a lizard eating bugs. He choked on a ladybug. His friend, Mason, helped him cough the ladybug up. The bug came out and flew around. The ladybug scaredly said, "I just want to go home!" Then a frog ate the ladybug. Then an eagle took the frog. Then the eagle and the frog went to Hawaii and lived happily ever after! The End! The animal that ate the frog is a....

What is the EAGLE?

200

A place you go to watch a new movie that just came out..

What is a "theater"?


200

Being willing to help someone and being brave enough to do almost anything to help them.

What is "heroic"?

200

"Butter someone up!"


(figurative language)

What is "give compliments to make them like you or do something for you".

200

Jace is doing a Social Studies project in class. After he finishes his project, he stands up and walks to the front of the classroom. He knows that the teacher told the class to put their finished work in a specific place. He looked around the room with a puzzled look on his face. We can infer that Jace ___________.

What is "forgot where to put the project."


200
Once upon a time there was a tiger that went to China. He found some fish and a 6-foot Chinese alligator. The tiger climbed up a tree and the Chinese alligator knocked down the tree. The alligator tried to climb the tree but he bumped his head on the tree and fell back in the water. The tiger then caught a fish. The Chinese alligator did not come back. The End. The length of the alligator is..

What is "6-foot long"?


300

Number of sides to a triangle.

What is "three"?


300

You are caught doing something illegal and then you get taken to jail.

What is "arrested"?

300

"Getting cold feet"


(figurative language)

What is "getting nervous, unsure, scared about going through with something"

300

Harold, the caveman, was at the Grand Canyon. He came back home to his cave one day and saw a huge egg in his cave. It had hatched. Harold can infer that _____________.


What is "some animal laid an egg..maybe a dinosaur!" 


300
One day Mason was on a time-machine elevator and he appeared in a different world- a world with dinosaurs. He got out of the elevator to check on things, then later in the afternoon, he went to get pizza and wanted to watch TV. At night, he woke up and a T-Rex was watching him and making noise at his window. So, Mason ran to the elevator and got out. He got back to his original world. He acted like nothing happened. 

What type of dinosaur was looking at Mason?

How did Mason get to the land of the dinosaurs?


400
The number that comes after 999.

What is "THOUSAND"?


400

to show clearly, to prove or make clear by reasoning, to explain (as in teaching) by using examples or experiments, to show people good qualities of a product, make public display (as a feeling or military force)

What is "demonstrate"?

400

"Don't spill the beans!" and "Don't let the cat out of the bag!"


(figurative language)

What is "don't reveal a big secret!"

400

Andrew was at his house while it was snowing. He heard his dad call him from outside. "Andrew!! I cannot move! Help!" We can infer that Dad is _____________.


What is "stuck in the snow", "fallen down on ice", "attacked by a wolf", (answers may vary)


400

Greyson was living in a prehistoric world. He built a house there. One day, he left to go get food. He saw a dodo bird and wanted to shoot it with his bow and arrow, but he saw baby dodo birds come out of the woods. He changed his mind about hunting that big dodo bird. Late at night, a quetzalcoatlus dinosaur flew to Greyson's house and saw the dodo bird family. He wanted to peck the biggest dodo bird.


What is a big flying reptile?

What type of bird did Greyson almost shoot with his bow and arrow?


500

A chair that kings use to sit in.

What is a "throne"?


500

You pick something, to choose from among several options, carefully chosen to include the best, of high quality

What is "select"?

500

"Two heads are better than one!"


(figurative language)

What is "When you work with someone, your ideas can become even better!"

500

One day, Mrs. Mariner was walking near a cave. She decided to walk into the cave. She did not run out screaming. She came walking out of the cave calmly with a smile on her face saying, "Awwwww, how cute." The animal she saw in the cave was.. 

What is a "gentle animal."


500

One day, Spud was out on a hiking trip. He saw many animals like komodo dragons, alligators and snakes. Then, Spud saw a bear, so he ran! He hid behind a wall and the bear walked away. Spud was safe. 

Name the 3 animals that Spud saw before he saw the bear: