Writing
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Main Idea
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Vocab
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Text Evidence
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Random
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Write one sentence about how you like this tutoring class so far? (All answers are correct :))
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What is the Main Idea of this passage:
Yesterday I went for a bike ride around New York city. I saw very tall buildings and pretty flowers. I also saw a few of my friends and talked with them. It was fun!
The main idea is my bike ride.
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What does nonfiction mean?
The story is not fake.
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Use text evidence to find your answer:
Lilly is a 3rd grader with a very busy schedule. She starts her day with her favorite breakfast, cereal. She then has to hop on the bus, where she meets her best friend George. After that she has to give a presentation on how important it is to walk her dogs. Finally, she finishes her least favorite subject, history. She immediately heads home after school to watch her favorite cartoons.
What did Lilly enjoy to do after school?
A: Play with George
B: Eat Cereal
C: Walk her dogs
D: None of the answers
D: None of these answers
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According to our reading, where did settlers first settle in Virginia?
Jamestown, VA... By Norfolk (VA beach)
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Write one sentence about the main idea of one of our Jamestown passages.
Answers vary, correct if correctly mentions Jamestown.
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What is the main idea of this passage?
The main idea is about the earths layers
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What does main idea mean?
The reason the author wrote the story... the general picture
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Use text evidence to find your answer:
Arianna Cope saw the pictures of Hurricane Harvey. They made the 11-year-old girl sad. The huge storm in Houston, Texas, had affected many people. Families had to leave their homes because of flooding. Houston is far from Arianna's home in Virginia. Still, she wanted to help. She wondered if her school could adopt a Houston school. It could send school supplies to students there.
Arianna has a kind heart, like many kids. She wants to help people in need and make a difference. Sometimes, it can be hard to know how to help. Still, there are many ways kids can serve others. Here are some ways both near and far from home.
Why did Arianna Cope want to help people in Houston?
A: Her school asked her to help
B: She saw pictures of Hurricane Harvey and felt sad
C: She had family in Houston
D: She wanted to visit Houston
B:She saw pictures of Hurricane Harvey and felt sad.
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Give an example of a natural disaster:
Tornado, Hurricane, Earthquake, Flooding, Thunderstorms, Wild Fires, Volcanoes, more...
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Write one sentence about earthquakes layers.
Answers vary, correct if correctly stating earthquakes layers.
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What is the main idea of this passage?
Producers are also known as autotrophs. These make their own food. They make up the first level of every food chain. Autotrophs are often plants.
Nearly all autotrophs use photosynthesis to make food. They must combine sunlight, air, soil and water. This creates glucose, a nutrient used as food.
The main idea is about autotrophs
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What does fact and opinion mean?
Fact: Something that can be proven to be true
Opinion: Something that can't be proven to be true
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Use text evidence to find your answer:
Hundreds of colonists arrived between 1608 and 1609. The Powhatans were not happy. In the winter of 1609, the Powhatans trapped the colonists on Jamestown Island. They cut off their food and almost 200 people died. New leaders brought even more people to Jamestown in the spring of 1610.
Why were the Powhatans unhappy with the colonists between 1608 and 1609?
A: The colonists cut off their food supply
B: The colonists built a fort
C: The colonists made new laws
D: Hundreds of new colonists arrived.
D: Hundreds of new colonists arrived
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What country are you indigenous too?
Answers vary, as long as they mention where they are from
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Write two sentences about how important text evidence is.
Answers vary, as long as they mention text evidence correctly
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What is the main idea of this passage?
To my good friend Henry Hovener,
I hope you are well. Thank God I am once again in good health. My brother and my wife have been dead for about a year, though. I have been sick and weak. That's why I have not yet done what I came here for. Now that I am better, I am going to carry out my plan. I am looking for gold, silver and copper in the hills here.
I want the Company to arrange some men and a strong boy to help me here. I also need the Company to send the following items.
The main idea is a friend writing a letter for help.
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What does text evidence mean?
A line in the text that supports your answer.
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Use text evidence to find your answer:
Earthquakes send out waves in all directions. When they reach the earth's surface, they shake the ground. There are different types of earthquake waves. The P wave squeezes and stretches the earth. The S wave shakes it up and down.
Scientists use special tools to record and measure earthquakes. These tools are called seismographs. Recordings from seismographs tell scientists when and where an earthquake took place. The can also tell scientists the size of an earthquake.
Why does the earth shake when there are earthquakes?
A: The mantle cools down and causes shaking
B: Earthquake waves reach the earths surface and shakes the ground
C: The earths inner core heats up and causes shaking
D: The earths crust melts and causes shaking
B: Earthquake waves reach the earths surface and shake the ground.
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Give an example on a food chain:
any answer is correct if it makes sense
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Write two sentences about a word you learned within the last few weeks. (EXAMPLE... sentence 1= meaning of word... sentence 2= word in sentence)
Answers vary
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What is the main idea of this passage?
In the last two months, there have been many fires, floods and hurricanes. These disasters have hit different parts of the United States. They have hit Mexico, too. Thousands of homes were destroyed. Many people lost all their belongings.
Now, Americans are talking about how much stuff they have. They are also talking about what they really need.
Cris Sgrott-Wheedleton works as an organizer in Virginia. She helps people organize their stuff. She said more people are calling her office. They are thinking about what they would take if they had to leave home quickly.
The main idea is trying to find a way to organize after disastors
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What does multimedia mean?
(Think of our energy pyramid project)
Media being online or technology... multi meaning many. When we do research projects we use multimedia or many sources to gather our information.
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Use text evidence to find your answer:
Ecosystems are like communities. They are made up of all the living and nonliving things in an area. These include soil, plants and animals. First, an ecosystem gets its energy from the sun. Next, plants change the sun's energy into biomass. Biomass is the energy in living organisms. Then, the energy moves to animals that eat the plants. As organisms eat other organisms, the energy moves all the way up the food chain. A food chain is a path that energy takes through an ecosystem.
Where does an ecosystem get its energy from first?
A: Soil
B: Animals
C: Plants
D: The sun
D: The sun
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How many dogs do I have?
(Think back to Day 1)
2, Sasha and Bear