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LANGUAGE ARTS - READING

1. What is the rhyme-scheme of a limerick?
2. Tell me 3 words that make the long "a" sound: a.
3. Tell me 2 words that make the long "e" sound: e.
Read these sight words:
4. there
5. they
6. once
7. will
8. want
9. you
10. and
11. this
12. Tell me 4 words that have "ing" in them.
13. What is the vowel - consonant "e" rule?
14. When "y" comes at the end of a word what are the 2 sounds it can make?
15. What do you put at the end of a sentence? What if the sentence is a question?
16. Give me 3 examples of when you would use a capital letter.
17-21. Read these letter sounds and give me a word for each sound: a, e, i, o, u.
22. Alphabetize the following words: Emily, Jessica, Courtney, Carson, Cynthia
23. Give me 4 words that rhyme with RIGHT

WRITING

Spell these words
24. and
25. there
26. rain
27. play
28. once
29. this
30. cake
31. like
32. dear
33. Starting with the word CAT, change only one letter each time and create 5 new words.

MATH

34. Tell me which one of the following two numbers (21 and 12) is greater than the other.
35. Give 2 ways to equal 10 besides 5 + 5 = 10.
36. Count by 5's to 100.
37. Count by 10's from 600 to 700.
38. Count backwards from 20.
39. Name 4 even numbers that come after 0,2,4,6,8.
40. Name 4 odd numbers that come after 0,1,3,5,7.
41. When I write a word on the board tell me what it is:
42. one
43. three
44. four
45. eight
46. nine
47. Name each shape when I show it to you: triangle, square, rectangle, trapezoid, hexagon.
Fill in the signs(<, >, =)
48. 6 6
49. 51 36
50. 44 45
51. Write a number sentence for the following problem: There were 10 frogs in the pond, 5 hopped away. How many were left?
52. Use base ten blocks to show me this number: 532.
53. Show one dollar using the change given.
54. What are the 12 months in the year. Begin with January.
55. Write the days of the week.
56. The long hand on the clock tells the_________, and the short hand tells the ________________.
57. How much does one dime, two nickels and three pennies add up to?
58. If I gave you 100 pennies and asked you to put them in piles of ten pennies, how many piles would you have?
59. What time does the clock say?
60. How many 100's in 1,000?

SCIENCE / SOCIAL STUDIES

61. Show me the following continents on the map: Africa, North America, South America.
62. What are three types of soil?
63. The ideal combination of the 3 types of soil is called ________?
64. What are a plant's first leaves called?
65. For a plant to make its own food what does it need to take in?
66. What is this process called?
67. What does a plant release in the process of making its own food?
68. What part of a plant allows it to use sunlight to make its own food? (Hint: This plant part is also what makes a plant green.)
69. Name three countries in Africa.
70. What are our five senses?
71. According to the story, tell briefly “why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears.”
72. What does a plant need to grow?
73. What should you do if there is an earthquake?
74. When the fire alarm goes off, what should you do?
75. Think of 2 things you can do to work out a problem with a friend.

ART

76. What are the three primary colors?
77. Why are these called primary colors?
78. What does the mixture of red- blue make? Yellow-blue? Red-yellow?
79. What are purple, green and orange called on the color wheel?
80. List five different art media that we have worked with this year.

MUSIC

81. Sing the song “Doctor Foster”.
82. Clap the beat of that song.
83. Clap the rhythm of the phrase “he stepped in a puddle, right up to his middle.”
84. Echo the rhythm the teacher is clapping.
85. What is the difference between a xylophone and a metallophone?

SPANISH

86. Identify the following fruit: naranja, manzana, cirvela, sandia, pera.
87. Identify the following colors: rojo, verde, azul, anaranjado, amarillo
88. Name and identify three animals that you might find `en la caja.'
89. How would you ask what the weather is?
90. How would you say : It is sunny?
91. Give the date.
92. Count to 50 by 5's.
93. Translate: Pero, todavia tenia hambre.
94. Where, when and why is Dia de los Muertos celebrated?
95. Name the days of the week.

PE / LIBRARY

96. What should you always do before exercising?
97. Why is it important to exercise regularly?
98. What are the two types of passes used in basketball?
99. What is the person called who is the writer of a book?
100. What is the person called who drew the pictures in a book?

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