Main Idea
Text Features
Text Structures
Vocabulary
Prefix/Suffix
100
There are about 200 billion billion known stars in the universe. Each of these varies in size, color, and temperature. The largest star's diameter is about 1 billion miles across. The smallest star is about 10 miles across. Which is the main idea: a) Stars vary in size, color,and temperature, b) Stars are extremely small
a) Stars vary in size, color, and terperature
100
This tells the name of the article or book.
Title
100
Text that tells how things are alike or different
Compare/Contrast
100
The time and place where a story takes place.
Setting
100
Prefix meaning to do again.
re-
200
Spiders come in many different colors, shapes, and sizes. Some spiders can change color from white to yellow to match the flowers in which they are hiding in. The spiner-bodied spider looks like a piece of wood, and the largest spider, the tarantula, can measure up to 10 inches. What is the main idea: a) Spiders can change colors, b) spiders come in a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes.
b) Spiders come in a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes.
200
This is a small scaled drawing of a geographical area.
Map
200
Text that tell why something happened and the effect from the occurance.
Cause and Effect
200
The main people or animals in a story.
Characters
200
Prefix meaning before.
pre-
300
The wind has been used as a source of energy for thousands of years. Before steam engines were invented, most ships relied on the wind to fill their sails and propel them along. Windmills were used to turn grindstones and to pump water. The main idea is: a) using wind as a source of energy, b) windmills are used to pump water
a) Using wind as a source of energy
300
Visuals supplied in the text as a way to assist with learning and understanding the content
Pictures
300
Text that tells when something is wrong, and how it is solved.
Problem/Solution
300
Endings added to the end of a word that changes its meaning.
suffix
300
Prefix meaning not or opposite
un-
400
Every day, there are more people in the world who need food to eat. Most of the food these people need is produced by farmers. In the open grasslands of the U.S., huge areas are plowed and planted with crops year after year. Thisd kind of farming is callin intensive farming. What is the main idea: a)Farmers use intensive farming to provide food for a growing population, b) People in the world need food to eat
a) Farmers use intensive farming to provide food for a growing population.
400
Large outline in the front of the book that allows you to know what is in the book. Often includes headings, subheadings, or chapters numbers in the book and what page they can be found.
Table of Contents
400
Text that describes.
Description
400
Tells what the story is mostly about
Main idea
400
Suffix meaning the most
-est
500
People use plants as a source of food, but plants are also important in another way. They take in a gas from the air called carbon dioxide. The plants use the carbon dioxide to make food for themselved. They they give off another gas called oxygen. People and animals breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. Plants and animals need each other. What is the main idea: a) Plants and people are different, b) Plants and animals need each other.
b) Plants and people need each other.
500
Gives information, shows processes, or makes comparisons about data.
Graphs and Charts
500
Text that tells what happened in a logical order
Sequence
500
Information from the text that helps us identify an unknown word.
Context Clues
500
Suffix meaning in the manner of
-ly
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