Dress Up Time
TRUE OR FALSE: When I know I have TCAPs in the morning, I should go to bed around 2 AM.
FALSE! You need to get a full night's sleep the night before TCAPs so that you are ready to do your best in the morning!
This person was the first president of the United States of America. His face also graces the one dollar bill!
Who is George Washington?
TRUE OR FALSE: On TCAP days, if I show up to school late, I won't be able to start my TCAP tests at all; I will have to wait to make them up on a later date.
TRUE! It is very important that you are not late to school on TCAP days! Similarly, you don't want to leave school earlier either; this can mess up your tests because you will not be able to finish. So just come to school and be on time, okay?
This is the answer to the math problem -5 + -4.
What is -9?
TRUE OR FALSE: In order to do my best, I should use all of the time allowed for each test. It isn't a race, so there is no need to finish first!
TRUE! Using all of the time allotted for each test is very important; this way, you know you are giving it your all!
This is the name for the religion that is followed by Christians.
What is Christianity?
TRUE OR FALSE: On TCAPs days, I should just skip breakfast because school lunch is so awesome!
This is the number you get when you add up the angles of a triangle.
What is 180 degrees?
TRUE OR FALSE: During the breaks between TCAP tests, it is okay to have your phone out.
FALSE! You MUST have your phone turned off and put away for the ENTIRITY of the tests! Electronic devices, including smartwatches, are NOT allowed in the testing area.
It takes the Earth this long EXACTLY to orbit the sun.
What is 365.25 days?
This is the number you get when you add up complementary angles.
What is 90 degrees?
This is the name for the place where the president of the United States lives while he/she is serving in office.
What is the White House?
Its raining cats and dogs.
This is correct way to write the above sentence.
It's raining cats and dogs.
You need an apostrophe in "it's" because it is a contraction.
Molecules move fastest when they are in this state of matter.
What is a gas or vapor?
Mrs. Niemann is an angel; she is just so nice!
This is the type of figurative language used in the above sentence.
What is a metaphor?
Mrs. Stansberry stands in the hall stoically as she surveys the students and staff.
This type of figurative language is being used in the above sentence.
What is alliteration?
Mrs. Mahala our English teacher is excited to see our reading growth on the TCAP!
This is correct way to write the above sentence.
Mrs. Mahala, our English teacher, is excited to see our reading growth on the TCAP!
There needs to be commas around "our English teacher" because it is extra information.
This is the man who has long been credited with the discovery of the Americas by the Europeans.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Obsidian is this type of rock.
What is igneous?
Mrs. Guy's hair is as curly as a labradoodle's.
This type of figurative language is being used in the above sentence.
What is a simile?
This molecule (whose name is often shortened to DNA) carries genetic instructions in all living things.
What is Deoxyribonucleic acid?
If you want to turn a fraction into a decimal, this they way to do it!
What is divide the numerator by the denominator?
This element has the atomic number of one.
What is Hydrogen?
This formula will help you calculate the area of a circle.
What is pi x r2 ?
These were the two sides involved in the American Civil War.
Who are the North and the South?