Amazing School Facts
What is the name of the school created so that small children could grow like flowers?
Kindergarten
What are the first and last words from a page in the dictionary called?
guidewords
Why does the author use headings in this article?
to tell what each section is about
What is a way of getting from place to place?
transportation
What is a school where parents are the teachers called?
home school
What is how some teachers give lessons to students who live too far away to come to school?
radio or computer
Where is the word tornado found in the dictionary? Near the beginning, the middle, or the end?
near the end
What does the author use to let the reader know this story about schools is real? photographs of schools, name of schools, stories written by students
photographs of schools
What is something that is taught?
lesson
Some children go to school outside or in schools with no _____.
walls
What are what students wear to school when they all must dress alike?
school uniforms
Which of these entry words is found near the beginning of the dictionary? swamp, dinosaur, lightning
dinosaur
Why does the author include "Amazing School Facts" boxes in the article? to tell the main idea of each section, to give extra information about schools, to explain where readers can find out more
to give extra information about schools
What is what people speak?
languages
What are the two important jobs for teachers to do? To help children learn to _____ and _____.
read and write
What is what the first schools were started to teach children about?
their culture
Where is the best place to look for the entry word kitten in the dictionary? right after the word animal, in the middle part, between the guidewords cat and cave
in the middle part
What is one way that all schools are alike?
they are all places children come to learn
What is all the people living in one town or place?
community
What is the system called that blind people use to read and write?
Braille
What is one of the subjects that was taught in ancient Greece?
gymnastics
What should a reader look for to find the meaning of the word lung? a picture of a lung, the word lung as a guideword, the word lung as an entry word
the word lung as an entry word
Why did the author write "School Buildings"? to show that schools are never small, to show that schools are not all the same, to show that schools are not easy to find
to show that schools are not all the same
What are clothes, celebrations, and food shared by a group of people?
culture
What are schools called where children live?
boarding schools