Vocabulary
when the population of a thing ceases to exist
What is extinction?
a specific person, place, or thing
What is a proper noun?
One technique Mary used to train herself to be a scientist
What is (answers will vary)?
Title at the top of a page
What is a heading?
The word player. What is the base word and what is the suffix?
What are play and -er?
tiny bones that make up the spine
What are vertebrae?
describing words
What are adjectives?
Your test scores benefit from you paying attention?
What is the meaning of the underlined word?
The capital of Delaware
What is Dover?
Stories we read are usually about one thing. This one thing is supported by details. What is the one thing?
What is main idea?
the number of people (or animals) who live in a certain area
What is population?
A summarizing sentence at the end of a paragraph
What is a closing sentence?
things that connect two bones allowing you to bend and move
What are joints?
An expectation during whole group time
What is... answers may vary
Something we use to organize our thoughts and ideas when reading or writing
What is a graphic organizer?
information that proves something to be true
What is evidence?
an action word
What is a verb?
we need this to be able to move and function properly
What is a skeleton?
an informative story written about someone
What is a biography?
What college did Ms. Boswell go to?
What is University of Delaware?
raising your hand in class, answering questions, and asking questions are examples of...
What is participation?
You have to have these in a sentence when copying words out of a text
What are quotation marks?
without these you wouldn't be able to write
What are opposable thumbs?
Small paragraphs that describe pictures in an informative text
What are captions?
What is Ms. Boswell's first name?
Who is Athena?