"Rare Treasure" Study Game

Where was Mary Anning born?

• Regis Philbin

• Lyme Regis

• Lemon Lime

• Fossils

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

The story says, "Mary's life started out with a bang." What does that mean?

• Mary has been facing hard situations since she was a baby.

• Mary banged her head.

• Mary was born on the Big Bang Theory

• Mary likes energy drinks.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is a fossil?

• An elderly person.

• A T-Rex dinosaur

• The leftover bones from things like chicken wings

• The remains of animals or plants that no longer exist; living things that have died many, many years ago

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.4

Who did Mary look for fossils with?

• Her parents and brothers

• Her mother

• Her brother, Joseph

• Her friends

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What was the first big fossil that Mary found?

• An icthyosaur

• A pelican

• A tyrannosaurus

• A pterodactyl

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

What sentence from the story tells us that Mary loved to hunt for fossils?

• "Mary sold her treasures from a small, cluttered shop on Broad Street."

• "Almost everyone forgot that it had been found by twelve-year-old Mary Anning and her teenage brother."

• "Richard Anning taught them how to hunt for fossils."

• "It also must have been Mary's great delight because she pursued it despite the dangers on the rocky shore."

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

In 1823, Mary discovered a __________, a nine-foot long creature that lived in the sea with a long, serpent-like neck, a lizard's head, a crocodile's teeth, a chameleon's ribs, and the paddles of a whale.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.4

TRUE or FALSE:

By 1836, Mary had found the fossils of 3 ichthyosaurs, two plesiosaurs, a pterodactyl, a strange sharklike fish called Squaloraja, and an untold number of small or incomplete fossils.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

A ______ is a phrase comparing two things using "like" or "as."

For example: Her smile is as bright as the sun.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

A ________ is a phrase comparing two things by calling one thing another.

For example: He is a couch potato.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A