Vocabulary
Spelling
Comprehension
Conventions
On the Banks of Plum Creek
100

This animal is small, black and white, and eats flesh.

What is a badger?

100

Spell - This number is between two and four.

What is T-H-R-E-E?

100

This literary element tells who is in a story.

What are characters?

100

This is the word ending in the word "towering."

What is -ing?

100

This is the main character of the story.

Who is Laura?

200

This type of clothing might have different pieces of cloth stitched over it.

What is patched?

200

Spell: This kind of treat is my favorite.

What is S-W-E-E-T?

200

This literary element tells where a story takes place.

What is setting?

200

This is the base word of smiling. Spell it!

What is smile?

200

This is the setting of the story.

What is Plum Creek?

300

This is the raised edge of a river, lake, or sea.

What is a bank?

300

Spell: A bubble bath has a lot of this.

What is F-O-A-M?

300

This literary element tells the events of a story.

What is sequence?

300

This part of the sentence tells who the sentence is about. (character, subject, purpose)

What is subject?

300

This character is Laura's sister.

Who is Mary?

400

This type of fur stands up straight.

What is bristled?

400

Spell: This is the opposite of West.

What is E-A-S-T?

400

Why an author writes something is called the author's this.

What is purpose?

400

This part of a sentence tells what the subject of the sentence does or is the verb. (character, object, predicate)

What is the predicate?

400

This is the place Pa promised he'd take the girls.

What is a hole of deep water?

500

These green stalks grow on riverbanks.

What are rushes?

500

Spell: Plants, animals, and people all do this as they age.

What is G-R-O-W?

500

Characters, setting, and plot are all these.

What are literary/story elements?

500

Identify the subject and predicate in this sentence: The dish broke.

What are dish (subject) and broke (predicate)?

500

Laura brought this person to see where she saw the badger.

Who is Ma?