* What are the 7 continents? Can you name the 5 oceans? Which ocean touches Massachusetts?
What about Hawaii and California?
* What do the letters in CAM stand for? On which continent does CAM live?
* What's the difference between a short a word and a long a word? In the following words, is the first vowel short or long: hare; camel; dog; bacon; jolly; Kate; cone; Snell; staple; and fish?
* Tell me about some of the reading/spelling activities you do in Daily 5. See if you can explain the spelling game "MOOSE", the silly sentence activity, site word BINGO, and the Wordsearch board game.
* Last week found us checking out National Palindrome Day. We looked at funny cartoons that were all palindromes. What's a palindrome? Tell me why these words are palindromes: Hannah; Bob; race car; Ava; and the phrase "Emily's sassy lime."
* We started a new read aloud chapter book called "The Grand Escape" last week. So far, we have met Marco, Polo, Carlotta, Texas Jake, Boots, Elvis, and Mr. and Mrs. Neal. Tell me a bit about each character, what has happened so far, and which cat is your favorite. See if you can remember what a tabby cat and a calico cat look like.
* How do you show the number 43 three different ways? How about 72? (examples: 61 can be shown the following ways- 6 tens, 1 one; or 61; or sixty one; or a picture of 6 ten blocks and one single one block; or 60 + 1) Tell me whether the following numbers are odd or even: 44; 20; 9; 51; 17; and 30.
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