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GRAMMAR
1. What is a sentence?
2. Give an example of a complete sentence.
3. What are the two parts of a sentence?
4. What is a common noun?
5. What is a proper noun?
6. Name three ways to punctuate a sentence.
7. What is a verb?
8. What is an adjective?
9. What is an adverb?
10. What is a pronoun?
11. If a singular noun ends in s, ch, x, or sh, how do we change the word to a plural noun?
12. How do we form the plural of a noun ending in a consonant and y?
13. How are words listed in the dictionary?
14. When words have the same first letter, what letter is used to put them in alphabetical order.
15. What are the two words on the top of each dictionary page called?


SPELLING
16. What is a compound word?
17. Give an example of a compound word.
18. What is a contraction?
19. Give an example.
20. How do we show that a letter or more than one letter has been left out in a contraction?
21. What is a homophone?
22. Give a common example of a homophone.
23. Spell against.
24. Spell considerate.
25. Spell receive.
26. Spell chorus.
27. Spell cursive.
28. Spell grammar.
29. Spell multiplication.
30. Spell factor.
31. Spell product.
32. Spell patience.
33. Spell quietly.
34. Spell courageous.
35.Spell measurement.


MATH
36. What is the grouping property?
37. 4+9= is a number ______________.
38. When subtracting, we find the _____________ between numerals.
39. How many number sentences are in a fact family?
40. What is a digit?
41. In the numeral 243, what is the value of 2? of 4? of 3?
42. Complete the pattern. 44, 54, 64, ____, ____, ____.
43. Round to the nearest ten. 54, 31, 76.
44. Round to the nearest hundred. 366, 302, 238.
45. What is the order property in multiplication?
46. In the number sentence 2x4=8, what are the factors and what is the product?
47. A bar graph is helpful in making ____________ .
48. A line graph is helpful in recording __________ .
49. Miguel has 2 shelves with 9 robots on each shelf. How many robots does he have in all?
50. A bank has 3 rows of trumpet players. There are 7 players in each row. How many trumpet players are there?
51. There are 27 people in a school band. When they play, 3 players march in each row. How many rows are there?
52. There are 20 students in our class. We would like to arrange the desks in 4 rows. How many desks will be in each row?
53. The box contains 24 pieces of candy. How many pieces will 6 receive if they are divided equally?
54. Joan had 2 quarters. She found a dime and 2 nickels in her pocket. How much money did she have then?
55. Sarah has a half-dollar and 3 quarters. She spent $.67. How much money did she have left?
56. One dollar, 1 quarter, 1 dime, 1 nickel and 5 pennies =
57. The distance around the earth is measured in yards or miles?
58. The length of our school is measured in yards or miles?
59. The length of a car could be 15 feet or 15 yards?
60. The length of your arm is 30 inches or 30 feet?
61. The distance around a figure is the ___________ .
62. I have 3 straight sides and 3 corners. What shape am I?
63. I have 4 straight sides and 4 corners. All my sides are the same length. What shape am I?
64. I have 4 straight sides and 4 corners. I am longer than I am wide. What shape am I?
65. What are 4 standard units of measure for liquids?
66. What are 2 standard units for measuring weight?
67. How is temperature measured?
68. How many centimeters in a meter?
69. What is a liter?
70. Metric weight is measured in ________ and __________ .
71. A TV show starts at 6 o'clock. It ends in half an hour. What time is the show over?
72. The cartoon lasted 10 minutes. It started at 7:05. At what time did it end?


SCIENCE
73.Observations are made by using our __________________ .
74.Science is ___________________ .
75. When objects are put into groups of similar characteristics, we call this ________________ .
76. How do we sort objects?
77. Name the four seasons.
78. In what season does school begin?
79. In what season does our holiday fall?
80. Give one characteristic of the fall season.
81. Give one characteristic of the winter season.
82. Give one characteristic of the spring season.
83. Give one characteristic of the summer season.
84. What are the five steps in our scientific method.
85. What is a seed?
86. What does the seed contain?
87. What is a bulb?
88. What does it mean to force a bulb?
89. What is pruning?
90. How does pruning help a plant?
91. What is a weed?
92. What is a perennial plant?
93. What is an annual plant?
94. Name the 5 parts of a plant.
95. Trees that do not lose their leaves winter are ___________ .
96. Trees that lose their leaves in winter are ____________ .
97. Dormant means _____________ .


GEOGRAPHY
98. How many states do we have in the United States?
99. What is the largest state?
100. Why is Alaska called the land of extremes?
101. What country is to the north of the United States?
102. What country is to the south of the United States?
103. What ocean is on the west coast?
104. What ocean is on the east coast?
105. What is the capitol of California?
106. What is the state flower of CA?
107. What is the state bird of CA?
108. What is the state tree of CA?
109. Why does each state have a capitol city?
110. What is the biggest business in the state of Florida?
111. Which state has more coastline than any other state except Alaska?
112. What state is the smallest state?
113. What state has the highest elevation?
114. What state has the most sunny days?
115. Where is Yosemite National Park located?
116. Where is the Grand Canyon located?
117. What state is famous for the horse race known as the Derby?
118. What state has an annual celebration called Mardi Gras?


LIBRARY
119. What 3 ways can you use to locate a book using the card catalog?
120. How are fiction books arranged on the shelf?
121. What is the purpose of the Dewey Decimal classification system for books?
122. This is usually found at the beginning of a book and lists the chapters.


ARTs
123. Name two types of pattern and tell what a pattern is.
124. Describe one way an artist can balance color in a design.
125. Describe what contour drawing is.
126. What is the most important thing we learn to do in contour drawing?


SPANISH
127. Professions:
A. Someone who helps you at the clothing store.
B. Someone you go to see when you are sick.
C. Someone who serves you at a restaurant.
128. Name 5 objects you might find on the dining room table.
129. Name five colors.
130. Name the four seasons.
131. Name the months of the year.
132. Name the days of the week.
133. Name three methods of transportation.
134. Name five parts of the body.
135. Identify some clothing you could find in Macy's.
136. What are some things you could order at a restaurant?
137. Translate:
A. the skinny boy
B. the small house
C. the big man
138. Translate: debajo de, sobre, en, a la izquierda, a la derecha.
139. Count from 1-20.
140. Translate: El camarero pone el vaso de aqua sobre la mesa del medico.
141. Translate: The big fish eats the small boy.


MUSIC
142. On the recorder, play the notes D, C, A, G, and E.
143. Play the song "Old Mother Witch" on your recorder.
144. With the class singing the song "Buster Brown," play on the xylophone the drone C, G, in four different ways, using quarter notes, half notes, and eighth notes.
145. Sing the song "I Love the Mountains."
146. On your xylophone match the teacher playing A,C, and D.
147. What is a round?
148. What is the highest voice?
149. What is a song sung in unison?
150. What does A Cappella mean for a chorus?

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