11th November Quiz of the Week

Can you sort the poetry techniques?

Groups:

(a) Alliteration

,

(b) Onomatopeia

• Mighty Mouse
• Splash

• Whisper
• Bang
• Meow

• Clever Cat

• Peter Piper
• Silly Sausage

• Buzz
• Bouncing Ball

Answer explanation

Alliteration is when a few words have the same letter or sound.

Match the following poetry techniques

• Buzzing bees and chirping crickets

• Simile

• Time is a thief that steals our moments.

• Repetition

• Her smile is like sunshine breaking through the clouds.

• Metaphor

• The brave birds boldly built their nests

• Onomatopeia

• The wind blew, the wind blew.

• Alliteration

Answer explanation

Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like the noise or sound it’s describing

What is the correct rhyming pattern for the poem?

A magical brew, so wild and free,
It made his grandma jump and shout!
George’s medicine, full of glee,
Had turned her world all inside out!

• ABCD

• ABAB

• AABB

Answer explanation

An ABAB pattern. Did you notice the rhyming words skip a line?

Can you identify each digits place?

a

b

c

d

hundred

ten

thousand

one

Answer explanation

Brush up your place value skills here with ones, tens and hundreds.

Match the following

• Column

• 
• Expanded column

• 
• Base 10

• 

​ "The ancient ​ (a)   was full of ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   symbols, making people wonder if it held a secret ​ (d)   about a hidden treasure."

• pyramid
• piramid
• mysterious
• misterious
• cryptic
• criptic
• myth
• mith

Subtraction poem ​

More on the top? No need to ​

Subtraction poem ​

More on the (missing word) ?

Go next door...and get 10 more!

Scotland has more rain, yet The Netherlands is more prone to flooding.

What devices are in place to help with this?

• Canals

• 
• Windmills

• 
• Dykes

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This week we learnt about neurodiversity! Which statement is true?

• All brains are the same. Everyone thinks and learns in the same way.

• All brains are different.

Answer explanation

All brains are different. Neurotypical people think and learn in the same way as most people. Neurodiverse brains think and learn in their own special way! How interesting!