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1	Reading: Finding the Main Idea	JM
2	Main Idea/Supporting Details	--	Multiple Choice: Choose the main idea of the paragraphs. Remember to make sure the main idea is covers the entire paragraph, not just one sentence. This quiz contains 5 questions.
3	FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE JEOPARDY	Mrs. Patricia B. Williams	Identify the different types of figurative language as similes, metaphors or personification.
4	Cause and Effect Test	Mrs. Breedy	The CAUSE is the reason WHY something happens. The EFFECT is WHAT happens. Students will complete the sentences with the correct cause or effect; and will also identify the cause and effect in given sentences. This quiz contains 10 questions.
5	Figurative Language	Brenda Thompson
6	Suffixes	Mrs. Ice	Do you know the meaning of sufixes? Let's see if you can win some big money while you learn!
7	Figurative Language in Music Rags to Riches	Ms. Gerbus	Identify the form of figurative language found in the lyrics
8	Reading Comprehension-Main Idea Middle-High School	Ms. Doris Mack	The main idea sentence of a paragraph tells what the paragraph is about. The other sentences are details. Read and find the main idea for each passage. This quiz contains 8 questions.
9	Common Prefixes	Mrs. Reller	A prefix is a syllable or syllables added to the beginning of a word that change the meaning of the word. You can figure out the meaning of many words by knowing what the prefix means.
10	ELA: Context Clues (Middle School)	Mrs. Bianchi (Detrick )	This quiz contains 13 questions.
11	Inferences and Drawing Conclusion	Ms. Braaten	Try to become a millionaire! You will need to read the information given to you. Then, draw a conclusion or make an inference about the passage.
12	Main Idea 6th Grade	Judith Jenkins	Student will read given pasage and then chose the main idea. This quiz contains 10 questions.
13	Reading Comprehension (Reading for Facts)	JM
14	Using Context Clues	Jody Skidd	You will need to figure out the meaning of an unknown word based on clues in the sentence provided.
15	Character Traits	Ms. Synk	Identify these positive and negative character traits
16	Figurative Language Practice	Brenda Thompson
17	Similes and Metaphors Battleship	Judi Trew
18	Genre Review	Judi Trew	Match the genre with the correct definition.
19	Main Idea - Level E	Hillary Cohn	This quiz contains 20 questions.
20	Reference Materials and Parts of a Book	Ms. Synk
21	Final Exam the Lord of the Flies	--	This quiz contains 122 questions.
22	WHY??? What CAUSED it to happen?	Peggy Bonnington	A quiz to assess ability to determine Cause and Effect with 5 simple and fun stories about the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf ... This quiz contains 5 questions.
23	3.21-Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome	Mrs. Esempio
24	The Giver	--	Trivia Game based on the novel by Lois Lowry
25	Root Word Challenge	Carol Chester	Pick the root word from the word given
26	Reading Comprehension (Reading for Facts)	Peggy Sue Jones
27	Prefix, Suffix, and Root Quiz	Amy Desmet	Learning Goal: Vocabulary - Context Clues - Affixes This quiz contains 10 questions.
28	The Carnival Vocabulary	Mrs. Lenz	Vocabulary words for this science fiction selection.
29	The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill	Mrs. D	From Ten Real Life Stories by Townsend Press This quiz contains 10 questions.
30	TRIPLE SYNONYMS	--
31	Vocabulary -- Good-Bye, Falcon	--
32	Helen Keller Comprehension	Mrs. McKenzie	Helen Keller was born in Alabama in 1880. Before she was two years old, she became seriously ill and was left deaf and blind. Helen could only learn about things around her by touching with her hands. She made up signs for a few things like yes, no,... This quiz contains 9 questions.
33	Multiple Meaning Words	Mrs. Heibult	Choose the correct meaning to go with the underlined word.
34	Vocabulary -- Wolves	--
35	Vocabulary -- The Midnight Fox	--
36	Inferences and Drawing Conclusion	Hillary Cohn	Try to become a millionaire! You will need to read the information given to you. Then, draw a conclusion or make an inference about the passage.
37	Vocabulary -- McBroom Tells the Truth	--
38	A Future For Frogs	Mrs. McKenzie	Nearly 2,000 amphibian species are threatened. Scientists have a plan to protect them. Frogs and toads first hopped on our planet 400 million years ago. But do they have a future here? Scientists met in Washington, D.C., to try to answer this... This quiz contains 7 questions.
39	Arthur and the Lost Diary	Mrs. Applebee	quiz on the book by Marc Brown This quiz contains 5 questions.
40	Vocabulary -- Pecos Bill	--
41	Vocabulary -- Children of the Wild West	--
42	Vocabulary -- La Bamba	--
43	Story Elements Practice	Mrs. Williams	Practice each of these games at least once! Know those story elements before Thursday's quiz!
44	Figurative Language Review	Ms. Morin
45	Vocabulary -- James and the Giant Peach	--
46	A Cereal Shake-Up Comprehension	Mrs. McKenzie	A CEREAL SHAKE-UP The Post cereal company is about to give cereal lovers a treat. The good news is lower prices. Post said that it will cut the cost of its cereals about a dollar a box. That's great news for shoppers. People have been... This quiz contains 10 questions.
47	Inference Ahead!	Ms. Braaten	Read the short description. See if you can infer an implied or hidden message in each of the following selections. Choose the best answer.
48	Grammar Punctuation POPUPS	Rebecca Hendrix	For certain spots in each sentence you will be given a popup of choices for how to capitalize or punctuate the sentence correctly. Some sentences will need multiple changes, but only work on one change at a time.
49	Turtle Bay	Diane Harrison	Vocabulary for the story Turtle Bay
50	The Speckled Band Quiz	Mrs. Cofresi	This quiz contains 20 questions.
51	Vocabulary -- Earthquakes	--
52	4th grade Prefix/Suffix Practice for KS Assessment	Sherry Maxwell
53	"The Most Dangerous Game" FINAL TEST	Katie Surjan	Good luck! Take your time! :) -Your fabulous teachers This quiz contains 20 questions.
54	Vocabulary -- The Story of the Challenger Disaster	--
55	"Marta's Magnets"	Mrs. Duke
56	Vocabulary -- Willie Bea	--
57	Thunder Cake	--
58	Vocabulary -- Along the Santa Fe Trail	--
59	Homelessness	Ms. Morin	As a prereading activity to Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee, we need to build on our knowledge about homelessness.
60	Words with Silent Letters	Ms. Williamson	Students will unscramble words that contain the silent pairs of letters: gn kn wr mb
61	Tell Tale Heart vocabulary	Mrs. Cofresi
62	prefixes, suffixes and text structure	Mrs. Dinkel
63	Vocabulary -- Arctic Explorer	--
64	Urban Roosts: Cause and Effect	--	An EFFECT is what happened in the story. A CAUSE is why it happened. Example: Because the window was open, the bird flew in. CAUSE: the window was opened. EFFECT: the bird flew in. Choose the best CAUSE or EFFECT from the drop down list to finish...
65	Vocabulary Words and Definitions - What Do Illustrators Do?	Mrs. McKenzie	Play the games. Have fun and learn at the same time.
66	Plot Development Challenge [Gr. 6]	Ms. Dill	This short challenge game reviews the basic terms for plot development.
67	Vocabulary -- Like Jake and Me	--
68	Moses Goes to a Concert (Vocabulary)	Ms. Grodsky
69	Reading: Finding the Main Idea	--
70	Getting to Know Cynthia DeFelice and her books	--
71	4.55 In My Family Spelling	Mrs. Esempio	4.55 In My Family Spelling
72	Vocabulary -- Felita	--
73	"Little Grunt and the Big Egg"	Mrs. Duke
74	ELA: Literary Terms	Mrs. Bianchi (Detrick )	Test your knowledge of the following literary terms: Synonyms, Antonyms , Homophones, Alliteration, Slang, Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Idiom, Oxymoron, Homograph, Acronym, Personification
75	Making Mountains	Mrs. McKenzie	What is a mountain? A mountain is an area of land that rises to a great height. Mountains are all around us. They are on every continent. They are even under the oceans. Mountains are made in different ways. Some mountains are made by volcanoes.... This quiz contains 16 questions.
76	Kindergarten Sight Words McGraw-Hill	Sherry Maxwell
77	TAKS CLUES	Mrs. Allen	PROVE IT!
78	Vocabulary -- Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid	--
79	Affixes	Ms. Morin
80	3.20-Turtle Bay Spelling list	Mrs. Esempio	Review spelling words
81	A Turkey for Thanksgiving	Deanna Muniz	Sequence the events from the story by Eve Bunting.
82	4th grade Prefixes and Suffixes for KS Assessment	Sherry Maxwell
83	Genres of Literature	Second Grade Teachers	Match each genre of literature to its correct description.
84	Island of the Blue Dolphins	Mrs. Vogel	Open Court Version - Vocabulary Review
85	Word Detective Rules	LisaC	Match each of the syllabication rules to a word that follows the rule.
86	Reading Final Review - poetry	Mrs. Messer
87	Anansi's Stories Comprehension	Mrs. McKenzie	A long time ago in Jamaica, Tiger was the ruler of all the other animals and did whatever he wanted to do. Even the stories the animals told each other were called "Tiger Stories" Anansi was a small spider. He thought it was not very fair that Tiger... This quiz contains 8 questions.
88	"My Side of the Mountain"	--
89	GENRES--MATCHING	Ms. Flanders
90	Officer Buckle and Gloria	--
91	Text Structure Hangman	Ms. Gerbus	Identify the text structure based on the key words or structure.
92	Dear Juno Vocabulary	--
93	Turtle Bay Spelling & Vocabulary Words	--
94	"Dinosaur Ghosts" vocabulary	Stacy Middle School	This is the vocabulary for "Dinosaur Ghosts".
95	/ch/ sound	Ms. Lee
96	"A Boy Called Slow"	School No. 14 Class Pages
97	John Henry	Kathryn Smith	Vocabulary Matching
98	"Dear Mr. Henshaw"	Kathryn Smith
99	Wednesday Surprise Mixed up words	--
100	Cocoa Ice	Carol Chester	Vocabulary Review

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