Week 17 Trivia
Ages 5–9 · 5 minutes · Science, Geography
How old was the oldest cat ever? Bring the birthday candles!
How old was the oldest cat ever? Bring the birthday candles!
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Standards alignment
Alabama
- ELA21.5.28 — Use audio and/or visual sources of information to obtain the answer to a question.
Alaska
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Arizona
- 1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
- 2.SP2.1 — Compare diverse cultures from around the world using primary sources such as photographs, artifacts, and music and secondary sources such as fiction and non-fiction.
Arkansas
- 3.RC.4.RF — Build general and academic vocabulary and background knowledge of age and grade-appropriate topics through discussion, reading, and writing.
- K.RC.4.RF — Build general and academic vocabulary and background knowledge of age and grade-appropriate topics through discussion, reading, and writing.
- K.RC.6.RF — Use background knowledge and details, including illustrations, charts, and graphs, to make predictions and inferences about what happens in a text.
California
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
- RF.1.3.f — Read words with inflectional endings.
Colorado
- RWC20-GR.2-S.4-GLE.1-EO.e — Use a variety of multimedia sources to answer questions of interest.
- RWC20-GR.K-S.4-GLE.1-EO.e — Use a variety of resources to answer questions of interest through guided inquiry (for example: texts read aloud or viewed, direct observation).
Connecticut
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Delaware
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Idaho
- 1.RC.TE.3 — Ask and answer questions about key details in texts heard or read.
- 1.RC.V.2 — Regularly engage in reading and listening to a series of texts related to the topics and themes being studied to build knowledge and vocabulary.
- K.RS.DR.2 — Listen to a series of texts organized around a variety of conceptually related topics to build knowledge about the world.
Illinois
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Indiana
- 1.RC.1 — Ask and answer questions about the main idea and key details to clarify and confirm understanding of a text. (E)
Iowa
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about the main topic and key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Louisiana
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Maryland
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Minnesota
- 1.3.2.3.1 — Compare physical and human characteristics of a local place and a place far away on a globe or map (such as a place in an equatorial or polar region). For example: Physical characteristics—landforms (Rocky Mountains, Mount Everest), ecosystems (forest), bodies of water (Hudson Bay, Indian Ocean, Amazon River), vegetation, weather, climate. Human characteristics— structures (Great Wall of China, Eiffel Tower), bridges (Golden Gate Bridge), canals (Erie Canal), cities, political boundaries, population distribution, settlement patterns, language, ethnicity, nationality, religious beliefs.
- 1.4.2.4.2 — Compare and contrast buildings and other technologies from earlier times and today. For example: Places in earlier times—Pompeii, Athens, Rome. Building technologies—arches, domes, glass. Communication technologies—scrolls, books, emails; Transportation technologies—chariot, train, car.
Mississippi
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Missouri
- 1.SL.1.A.a — following classroom listening rules
- 2.SL.1.A.a — following classroom listening rules
Montana
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
- SL.3.3 — Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
Nevada
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
New Jersey
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
New York
- 1SL2 — Develop and answer questions about key details in diverse texts and formats.
North Carolina
- RI.2.1 — Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
- RI.2.7 — Explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text.
Ohio
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented in various media and other formats (e.g., orally).
Oregon
- 2.RI.1 — Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
Pennsylvania
- CC.1.5.K.B — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
- 8.4.3.B. — Identify historic sites and material artifacts important to world history.
Rhode Island
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
South Carolina
- ELA.1.C.9.1 — Listen to others to ask and answer questions on a topic.
South Dakota
- 1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud, information presented orally, or through other media.
Texas
- 2.1B — identify and explain the significance of various community, state, and national landmarks such as monuments and government buildings.
Utah
- 2.SL.2 — Speak clearly and audibly while asking and answering questions about a topic and key details.
- 3.SL.2 — Speak clearly and audibly while asking and answering questions about a topic and key details presented in various mediums and formats.
Virginia
- 2.RI.3.A — Use prior (experience) and background (content) knowledge as context for new learning.
- 2.RV.1.B — Use vocabulary across content areas.
- 2.RV.1.G — Develop breadth of vocabulary knowledge by listening to and reading high quality, complex text.
- 2.C.2.A.ii — Engage the audience by asking and/or responding to questions.
- 2.RV.1.A — Discuss meanings of new words or phrases acquired through conversations and literature.
Washington
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
- G2.1.3 — Identify human events and human-made features.
Washington, D.C.
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
West Virginia
- SS.K.16 — Investigate the past and explore the differences in other people, times and cultures through stories of people, heroes, pictures, songs, holidays, customs, traditions or legends.
- ELA.1.4 — Ask and answer questions about key details in an informational text.
Wisconsin
- ELA.1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Wyoming
- SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.