Spelling
Instead of going to a party, you could go to a...
What is a fiesta?
A word that is the opposite of another word.
What is an antonym?
The main subject of the biography we read this week!
Who is Cesar Chavez?
A circuit in which there's only one pathway for a current to flow.
What is a series circuit?
A word that describes a noun or a pronoun, like "beautiful" or "funny".
What is an adjective?
What is amateur?
The power to enforce rules on others.
What is authority?
The reason for Cesar Chavez's boycott and strike.
What is mistreatment of workers?
A circuit where there are two or more pathways for current to flow. It may use only one D-cell.
What is a parallel circuit?
"A", "an", and "the" are all examples of this type of word.
What is an article?
___________ season in Southeast Asia is very stressful, as many people can lose their lives.
What is monsoon?
Something that does not let you have access; something that prevents progress.
What is an obstacle?
The grade at which Cesar Chavez dropped out of school.
What is eighth grade?
A circuit with a break.
What is an incomplete or open circuit?
An adjective formed from a proper noun, like "Mexican".
What is a proper adjective?
Her dress seemed to be made of glitter at first, but a closer look revealed it was full of _______.
What are sequins?
A word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning.
What is a homonym?
The personality feature Cesar Chavez had to overcome in order to become a community organizer and activist.
What is his shyness?
A part of a circuit, like a lightbulb.
What is a component?
The indefinite article in this sentence.
All day, the children were expecting a gift for Children's Day.
What is "an"?
One of your spelling words is defined by "a bed made of canvas or of rope mesh". Spell the word.
What is a hammock?
When a flower dies, it _____.
What is "wilts"?
The reason why the author keeps mentioning the grapes are rotting during Chavez's protest.
What is "to show the protest was effective and the landowners were losing money on the rotting grapes"?
The difference between a parallel and a series circuit.
What is the number of pathways from the components to the D-cell?
The adjective that comes after the definite article in this sentence.
She was the last child to throw a huge party.
What is "last"?