Monday, March 25, 2013
Spelling Quiz Keys to Correction - Week 5 & 6
March 15 & March 22 spelling quiz keys to correction are given below. Please correct your quizzes.
March 22, 2013 Spelling Quiz
Words with Greek Parts
1. He called his mother on the telephone.
2. His biography was written by a famous author.
3. We use a telescope to look at the stars.
4. You can use my camera to take a photograph.
5. Is a microwave easier to use than a traditional oven?
6. The diameter of the circle is five inches.
7. A barometer measures changes in air pressure.
8-9. Use a microscope to see the microorganisms.
10. She listened to music using her headphones.
11. He used a microphone to make his voice bigger.
12. I gave the singer a pen to autograph my CD.
13. We add the lengths of all the sides to get the perimeter.
14. The chapter began with a long paragraph.
15. A lesson in phonics teaches letter sounds.
16. The symphony plays beautiful music.
17. A submarine used a persicope to spot a boat.
18. The tour leader brought a megaphone on the bus.
19. The doctor used a stethoscope to hear my heart.
20. I used wooden sticks to paly with my xylophone.
21. The musician blew into his brass saxophone.
22. The honking geese made a loud cacophony.
23. A germ can also be known as a microbe.
24. A microchip is important to a computer.
25. Was the telegraph invented by a Taiwanese citizen?
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March 15, 2013 Spelling Quiz
Syllable Patterns V/CV & VC/V and Reading Vocabulary
1. Ancient means belonging to times long past.
2. The Internet is an important part of a modern society.
3. The Statue of Liberty in New York was a gift from France.
4. Did she go to the theater instead of the mall?
5. Cleaning tombs in April is a Chinese tradition.
6. He studies about civilizations in class.
7. Elementary education teaches basic skills.
8. A novel is a long book of fiction.
9. My boss was incredibly kind to donate money.
10. The standing tripod keeps the camera steady.
11. Can you make flavored icicles for refreshment?
12. They are finally building a house on the vacant lot.
13. The dragon is a mythical animal.
14. They planned the surprise birthday party in secret.
15. The store discontinued using olives on their pizzas.
16. I caught a big locust in the backyard!
17. Lemonade is sweetened lemon juice and water.
18. A man of honor always keeps his word.
19. Tourists like to eat our local food.
20. Spinach is good for your health.
21. We only had a second instead of one minute left.
22. Happiness is my favorite emotion.
23. Beware of speed bumps when you drive fast.
24. We stayed in a log cabin in the woods.
25. They paid tribute to the fallen soldiers.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Reading Comprehension MSD5, Topic 2
My Sidewalks on Reading Street: MS-D5,
Topic 2- Past
Times
Name: _____________________ No. ___ Class ______ Date/Day
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A. Ancient Builders Choose the correct answer from the box:
American Indians
burial places Cahokia architects
Lake Erie fiction Mound
People building
mounds
tombs hunting
and gathering food leader rivers
child Great Lakes architects nonfiction
American settlers beaches artifacts
1. The
genre of the reading Ancient Builders is ______________________.
2.
The ______________ was one of
the Native American groups.
3-4
They lived along bodies of
water such as ________, ______ and the Gulf of Mexico.
5.
They were different from each
other, but one thing they had in common was _________.
6. The mounds they built served as large graves or ____________.
7. A new mound was built on top of the old mound where the _______ that
died was buried.
8. The ____________ mound was 100
feet tall.
9. Mounds in the ______________
were often low.
10. The Mound People built their mounds in the shape of birds and other
animals because they were great ____________.
11. _____________ in the 1700s
destroyed some of the mounds because they didn’t know that they were
___________.
12. The Mound People buried their
dead with jewelry and ____________.
HOW WERE THE MOUNDS DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER? (3 POINTS)
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B. It’s
Still Standing Put a check (ü) if the statement is
true. If the statement is false, write
the correct word to make it true.
1.
The setting of the story is in Greece. ________________
2.
The Parthenon is a market
place. __________
3.
The Theater at Delphi is almost
3,000 years old. ________________
4.
They played football at
this theater. _______________
5.
Zeus was the king of the Greek gods. ______________
6.
Katie held a picture of
amphora, a temple, to show Chris. _______________
7.
Katie thought her town was exciting.
_________________
8.
They heard the church bells
rang as they walked to the park.
________________
9.
Chris’s great-great-grandfather helped build the
town hall. ________________
10.
The children saw a __________
of the previous town mayor. _________________
C. Why did Chris and Katie think that their
town was not as boring as they first thought it was? (5 points)
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Friday, March 1, 2013
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