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*QUESTIONS*	*ANSWERS*

READING / LANGUAGE ARTS

1. What is a synonym?
2. Give an example.
3. What is a homonym?
4. Give an example.
5. What is a contraction?
6. Give an example.
7. What is a plural?
8. Give and example.
9. What are quotation marks?
10. What is a period?
11. What is a question mark?
12. What is an exclamation mark?
13. What is the contraction for"he is"?
14. How many syllables are there in the word "Healdsburg"?
15. How many syllables are there in the word "yesterday"?
16. What is a compound word?
17. Give an example of a compound word.
18. What is the base word in "cheerful"?
19. What is the base word in "tallest"?
20. What is a prefix?
21. what is the prefix in the word "untrue"?
22. Alphabetize: bear boy blue
23. What 2 words were used to make up the word "Bunnicula"?
24. Who is Sam Beaver?
25. Who wrote Trumpet of the Swan?
26. What is a cob?
27. What did Sam do every night before he fell asleep?
28. What is a cygnet?
29. What did Louis wear around his neck?
30. Why did Louis want to earn money?
31. Name 2 times when you must use a capital (upper case) letter on a word.

MATH - SCIENCE

32. Name the months of the year.
33. Count backwards from 20-0.
34. What would you use to measure time?
35. The speed of a car?
36. The length of a desk?
37. The weight of a car?
38. The temperature of this room?
39. The sugar for a cake?
40. The distance to Petaluma?
41. It is noon. What time will it be in 45 minutes?
42. Add: 26 +33
43. Subtract: 36 -23
44. Add: 35 +49
45. Add: 56 +28
46. Subtract: 721 -362
47. 7 + 1 = 16 ( + or - ) 8
48. Add: 184 +368
49. Subtract: 67 -25
50. Subtract: 94 -68
51. Subtract: 26 -17
52. Draw parallel lines.
53. Describe a circle.
54. Describe a triangle.
55. Describe a square.
56. Add: 380 +120
57. Draw a vertical line
58. Draw a horizontal line
59. How many quarters in $1.00
60. How can you make 40 using nickels dimes and pennies?
61. Count by 2's from 28 to 40.
62. Count by 5's from 210 to 240.
63. How would this time look on a clock: 10:30
64. What sign is this ( x )?
65. What sign is this ( / ) ?
66. Write a family of facts

GEOGRAPHY / SOCIAL STUDIES
67. Is a map round or flat?
68. Is a globe round or flat?
69. What is the imaginary line that circles the earth?
70. Which way is north on the map?
71. Which way is south on the map?
72. How many continents are there on earth?
73. What are the colors of China's flag?
74. What is the main food pandas eat in China?
75. In China, what does the dragon symbolize?
76. Name one Chinese fairy tale we've read.
77. What is a "junk" in China?
78. What is China's national flower?
79. What are the names of Christopher Columbus' three ships?
80. What item on a map tells the four directions?

ART

81. Name the primary colors.
82. Name the secondary colors.
83. What colors mixed make-up:
green =
orange =
purple =
84. Give an example of a geometric shape.
85. Give an example of an organic shape.
86. What color do you mix with all the other colors to make a "pastel color"?
87. On the recorder play the song "Buster Brown."
88. Play the notes D - C - A - G - E on the recorder.
89. Sing the song "Mexican Woodpecker."
90. Sing the song "Love the Mountains."
91. With your class, sing the song "Buster Brown and play the drone C - G in 3 different ways using quarter or half notes.
92. Name the four members of the xylophone family.

SPANISH

93. Give the date.
94. Identify 5 objects in the classroom.
95. Identify 4 geometric shapes.
96. What is the weather today?
97. Identify 5 animals.

MISCELLANEOUS

98. Paper is made from pulp. What is pulp?
99. What is the capital of the United States?
100. What is the name of the President of the U.S.

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