This is where you find the definitions to bold print words in a reading passage.
What is the word bank.
100
Where the Maori people live
What is New Zealand
100
Three characters in Waiting for Winter
What is
Jeremey
Mom
Dad
Grandma
Grandpa
100
This sentence is from the selection Waiting for Winter
"Their honking grew fainter as Jeremy watched them disappear"
Which word is a synonym for a fainter?
What is quieter
100
“To express her appreciation, the boy’s mother gave
Shobei three of the oranges she was carrying.”
What does express mean in the sentence?
A. gain
B. show
C. speed
What is show
200
The definition of calico
What is having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
200
This is what Grandpa said needed to happen before it snowed
What is the chipmunk needs to gather acorns and hibernate
200
Greg tried to close his bulging suitcase but couldn’t. He had to take out some clothes to get it to shut properly.
What does the word is a synonym of bulding
A. heavy
B. weak
C. full
What is full
200
You’ve seen many animals today at the zoo.
You’ve is a contraction for
A. you had.
B. you did.
C. you have.
What is you have
300
Use mulch in a sentence
What is
example: We put mulch around our plants at our house.
300
The tattoos on the Maori faces are called
What is Moko
300
Explain what grandma meant by "I feel it in my bones?"
What is She felt the first snow coming because her bones hurt
300
What word is a synonym for begin?
A. follow
B. start
C. continue
What is start
300
Which meaning of bow is used in the following sentence?
A sailor stood on the bow and looked for land.
A. the front part of a boat or a ship
B. a bending of the body used to show respect
C. a special stick used to play a stringed musical instrument
What is the front part of a boat or ship
400
The Haka is...
What is the Maori's traditional war dance, performed when they went to war
400
The five steps When Maori people cook
What is
1) build a fire in a dug out pit
2) put rocks in the fire
3) cabbage on the rocks
4) put the food in the pot
5) lower into the pit for three hours
400
What the characters did to prepare for winter
What is
Dad-Stack firewood
Mom- put away short sleeved shirts
400
The towels they took home from the pool were damp.
Choose the antonym for damp.
A. wet
B. soft
C. dry
What is dry
400
Amy was unsure when the bus would arrive.
What does unsure mean?
A. very sure
B. not sure
C. more sure
What is not sure
500
Kumera is
What is foods like pork, chicken, potatoes, and sweet potatoes
Maori Food
500
Three traditions of the Maori People
What is
tattoos
war dances
cooking
500
What Jeremy did when he saw the snow.
What is gobbled oatmeal and toast, put on his snowsuit and boots, grabbed his sled and raced outside
500
The moon was bright in the night sky.
Choose the antonym for bright.
A. light
B. dark
C. big
What is dark
500
Which sentence tells about something that happened in
the past?
A. She hops down the sidewalk.
B. We hop to the music.
C. He hopped into the car.