vocab words
memory
What do you think?
spelling
meaning
100

   What is this?

stump / tree stump

100

What kind of tree was the Giving Tree?


apple

The tree was an apple tree.

100

What kind of story is this?

    fiction or non-fiction




fiction

100

30 seconds!  What word can you spell?      _____eep

sp     sl     gr     cl


sleep

100

to pick up or collect things - 

a) sail           c) shake

b) carry         d) gather

d) gather

200

    Which part of the tree is she hugging?

trunk ... She is hugging a tree trunk. 

200

Who does the tree love?

a boy / The tree loves a boy.

200

How did the tree feel?   Why do you think that?


She was happy because the boy loved her.

He came and played with the tree every day.

200

30 seconds!  What word can you spell?   _____om

fr     cr     tr     br

from

200

The main part of a tree (fat part) - 

a) branch     c) trunk

b) leaves     d) stump

c) trunk

300


     What do you call this action?


sigh

300

What did the boy do with the leaves of the tree?

a)  raked them into a pile

b)  made them into a crown

c)  threw them into the wind

d)  swing from them

b)  He made them into a crown.

300

How did the tree feel?  Why do you think that?

   a) happy          c) angry

   b) hungry         d) lonely

d)  lonely
Because the boy did not come for a long time.

300

30 seconds!  What word can you spell?   _____own

sp     cr     sl     tr

   

crown

300

Area under a tree and out of the sun. 

a) shade     c) shake

b) crown      d) sail

a) shade

400

      He is afraid.  What is he doing?

shake / shaking . . . . He is shaking.  

400

What did the boy do with the apples?

a)  gave them to his mom          

b)  ate them 

c)  sold them

d)  threw them at his friends


c)  sold them / He sold the apples to make money.

400

What do you think about this story?

Why??

Possible score --

200 - long answer, spoke with sentences

200 - grammar (verbs)

400

30 seconds!  What word can you spell?   _____imb

cr     br     sl     cl

climb

400

To bring something from one place to another.

a) gather       c) climb

b) carry         d) swing

b) carry

500

     Where is this? What kind of place?

a forest /  This is a forest.

500

What did the boy do with the tree branches?

a)  cut them off to build a house

b)  pulled off the leaves to sell

c)  pulled them down

d) cut them to help the tree grow bigger

a)   The boy cut them off to build a house.

500

How did the tree feel about helping the boy?  WHY?

a) disappointed           c) glad

b) happy                   d) afraid

a) disappointed

Because the boy never came to see the tree.  He always asked for help, he did not do anything for the tree.

500

Spell the words Selina asks.

5 words - 100 points each correct spelling

1. leaves       3. leaf

2. shade        4. swing

...                 5. branch

500

When you let out a long, loud breath.

a) sail          c) shade

b) sing         d) sigh

d) sigh

600

 

What kind of boat is this?

a sailboat / This is a sailboat. 

600

What did the boy make with the tree's trunk?  

   a) paper                 c) a boat

   b) a house              d) a chair


c) The boy made a boat with the trunk.

600

How is this story like real life?  
Explain . . . . (long answer!)

200 - long answer & sentences

200 - sentences & verbs

200 - fluency

600

Spell the words Selina asks.

6 words - 100 points each correct spelling

1. leaves             4. climb

2. trunk              5. forest

3. branches          6. stump

600

Go up something (stairs, a mountain)

a) climb        c) shake

b) crown       d) branch

a) climb