MATH Stem Question Grid for Grade 2, Avenues Level C, Volume 2
Prepared by Debbie Barr for Guilford County School System ESL Department, December 2009
Goals
Student
Page
and
Stem Question and Foils
Objectives
Number
Correct
Answer
UNIT 4
If a family made 120 empanadas, 101 tamales, and 30 pan de
muertos, how many total things did they make?
DAY OF THE
DEAD
16-17
A. 200
B. 250
1.04
C
1.02
A
1.03
B
C. 251
D. 351
Families bring marigolds and leave ____ of them on the
graves.
DAY OF THE
DEAD
40
A. all
B. half
C. one third
D. one fourth
If a New Year's party has 10 red balloons, 10 blue balloons,
and 10 yellow balloons, ___ of them are red.
This Next
New Year
202-203
A. half
B. one third
C. one fourth
D. most
1
If a Chinese New Year party has 5 yellow lanterns, 5 blue
lanterns, and 10 green lanterns, ____of the lanterns are blue.
This Next
New Year
208-209
A. half
B. one third
1.03
C
1.04
D
C. one fourth
D. most
If a bubble bath makes 99 pretty bubbles and 40 of them pop,
how many are left?
This Next
New Year
216-217
A 29
B. 39
C. 49
D. 59
On an analog clock, both clock hands are on the ____at
midnight.
This Next
New Year
223
A. 6
Goal 2
vocabulary
direct
instruction
and planned
incidental
instruction
B. 12
C. 3
D. 9
On a digital clock, what three digits appear at midnight?
This Next
New Year
223
2.02
2.02
A. 0, 1, 2
Goal 2
B. 1, 2, 3
vocabulary
direct
instruction
and planned
incidental
instruction;
C. 0, 2, 4
D. 2, 3, 4
2
B
A
Goal 1
vocabulary
direct
instruction
What other time of day looks the same as midnight on a clock?
This Next
New Year
223
2.02
A. half past 12
Goal 2
B. quarter 'til 12
vocabulary
direct
instruction
and planned
incidental
instruction
C. 12 noon
D. quarter after 12
C
What is another way to say "one day" after Christmas comes?
A. 12 hours
KWANZAA
232
B. 1 hour
2.02
D
C. 15 hours
D. 24 hours
July 4th is America's birthday. 4th is ____.
Goal 5
A. an ordinal number
INDEPENDENCE
DAY
248
vocabulary
direct
instruction
(ordinal
number)
B. a distance
C. an estimate
D. an odd number
INDEPENDENCE
DAY
247
A
Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Fifty-six
is ____.
1.06
A. an ordinal number
B. an even number
3
B
C. an estimate
D. an odd number
UNIT 5
This story is about one red-eyed tree frog. One is an ___.
RED-EYED
TREE FROG
4-33
A. ordinal number
1.06
B. even number
D
C. estimate
D. odd number
WHAT DO YOU
DO WHEN
SOMETHING
WANTS TO EAT
YOU?
272-275
The overlapping part of a Venn diagram about an octopus
and a puffer fish could be:
4.01
A. squirts ink
Goal 4
direct
vocabulary
instruction
B. lives in water
C. becomes a prickly balloon
B
D. sucks in water
WHAT DO YOU
DO WHEN
SOMETHING
WANTS TO EAT
YOU?
276-277
The length of a hog-nosed snake can be measured in
___.
A. feet and inches
B. degrees
2.01a
A
1.04a
D
C. minutes and hours
D. equal shares
WHAT DO YOU
The gliding frog has four feet. There are four toes on
4
DO WHEN
SOMETHING
WANTS TO EAT
YOU?
279
each foot. How many total toes does the gliding frog
have?
A. 4
B. 8
C. 12
D. 16
WHAT DO YOU
DO WHEN
SOMETHING
WANTS TO EAT
YOU?
278-279
284-285
The overlapping part of a Venn diagram about gliding
frogs and skinks could be:
4.01
A. has a blue tongue
Goal 4
direct
vocabulary
instruction
B. has four legs
C. has webbed feet
B
D. can glide 50 feet
Which character would be the biggest if measured in
inches?
GRANDPA
TOAD'S
SECRETS
298-326
A. snake
B. snapper
2.01a
C
Goal 3
direct
vocabulary
instruction
A
C. monster
D. Grandpa Toad
GRANDPA
TOAD'S
SECRETS
298-326
Which character does not stand vertical?
A. snake
B. snapper
5
C. monster
D. Grandpa Toad
UNIT 6
What is the probability that this story could be true?
TOO MUCH
TALK
4-25
Goal 4
vocabulary
direct
instruction
and planned
incidental
instruction
A. impossible
B. definite
C. likely
D. unlikely
A
"The heat of the day" means _____
TOO MUCH
TALK
11
A. Fahrenheit
B. temperature
2.01
B
C. thermometer
D. distance
In real life, drums ____.
MOSES GOES
TO A CONCERT
A. are two-dimensional
352-353
C. are one-dimensional
Goal 3
direct
vocabulary
instruction
B. have many angles
D
D. are three-dimensional
MOSES GOES
TO A CONCERT
357
Mr. Samuels has 11 balloons for his 11 students. Each
student gets ____of the surprise.
A. more
Goal 1
vocabulary
direct
instruction
and planned
B. one fourth
6
C
C. an equal part
incidental
instruction
D. the remainder
If two balloons burst, there are nine balloons left. If three
of the nine are red, the red balloon are ____ of the total.
MOSES GOES
TO A CONCERT
364-264
A. one fourth
B. one half
1.02a
C
4.01
D
C. one third
D. all
If Mr. Samuels and his 11 students sit two-by-two on the
bus, how many groups of two will there be?
MOSES GOES
TO A CONCERT
372
A. 12
B. 8
C. 7
D. 6
Look at the graph. Which sound is the fourth loudest?
SOUNDS ALL
AROUND
397
A. space rocket
vocabulary
direct
instruction
(ordinal
number)
B. loud music
C. vacuum cleaner
D. falling leaves
Look at the graph. Which sound is the fifth loudest?
SOUNDS ALL
AROUND
397
Goal 5
A. space rocket
Goal 5
vocabulary
direct
instruction
(ordinal
number)
B. loud music
C. vacuum cleaner
D. falling leaves
7
B
C
Look at the graph. A jet engine is 100 decibels. A sound
that is double that amount would be ____ decibels.
SOUNDS ALL
AROUND
397
A. 50
Goal 1
vocabulary
planned
incidental
instruction
B. 150
C. 200
C
D. 300
Look at the graph. A jet engine is 100 decibels. A sound
that is half that amount would be ____ decibels.
SOUNDS ALL
AROUND
397
A. 50
Goal 1
vocabulary
planned
incidental
instruction
B. 150
C. 200
D. 300
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A