Mystery ?
What text feature gives you the definition of words within a book?
glossary
What does an author do? What does an illustrator do?
author: writes the story/text
illustrator: paints/creates the pictures
How many syllable chops in the word elephant?
3
el/e/phant
list three different pronouns
What type of figurative language is the following?
seven silly snakes slithered quietly
alliteration
What is the setting of a story?
When and where the story takes place
Bookworm, bicycle, teacher. Which one of these is a compound word?
bookworm
Give 2 examples of a pronoun.
he, she, we, they, I, he, hers, his, etc.
Put the 2nd grade teachers' names in alphabetical (ABC) order
-Vazhavilla
-Douglass
-Abdalah
-Yarbrough
Abdalah, Douglass, Vazhavilla, Yarbrough
What is the adjective in the following sentence?
Ms. Abdalah is a joyful teacher when her students choose kindness.
joyful
What are three words that rhyme with "all"?
tall, ball, call, wall, mall, etc.
In a sentence, what are three different ways a capital letter must be used?
beginning of the sentence, proper noun, high frequency word I
Write 3 examples of onomatopoeia.
answers will vary
(crash, boom, zing, splash, etc.)
What is the nonfiction text feature located in the back of a book that tells you the definition of words?
Glossary
Write a word that has the long /e/ sound spelled correctly.
teeth, feel, seal, , speak, etc.
Have you had a delicious cookie before? I have tried chocolate chip and M&M cookies a few times. There are other yummy kinds that can be filled with different candies. I like when they are super soft, but not when the cookies are hard.
There are many different types of cookies.
What are the three types of author's purpose and what do they mean?
persuade- author tries to get you to think or do something
inform- teach you real information
entertain- tells a story that is fun or makes you feel a certain way
When retelling or describing the plot, what must you include?
main character, setting, beginning, middle, and end of a story that includes the problem an solution
Create a proper noun for the following common nouns:
person
place
animal
examples:
person- Ms. Abdalah
place- Target
animal- Pumpkin (my dog)
What punctuation do a declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative sentence use?
declarative- .
exclamatory- !
interrogative- ?