This is the first technique Reid should use when he is reading to gain a better understanding of the text.
What is slow down?
100
Cockroaches are most closely related to this insect.
What is the grasshopper?
100
A mixture of rock, minerals, plants, and some living/dead animals creates this.
What is soil?
100
Memphis, Tennesse was the birthplace of this girl who struck out Babe Ruth.
Who is Jackie Mitchell?
100
There are nine planets in our solar system. Mars is the __________ planet from the sun.
What is the fourth?
200
This is the very first part of a text can help you understand what you are reading.
What is the title?
200
This is the best shape to describe a cockroaches body.
What is oval?
200
These are necessary for plants to live.
What are nutrients?
200
This is the name of a pitch that starts at one level and then drops right before reaching the plate.
What is a drop pitch?
200
Olympus Mons is the highest one of these discovered in the solar system.
What is a mountain?
300
Highlighting, underlining, circling words, and writing your thoughts in the margins are part of this process to help you comprehend what you are reading.
What is annotation?
300
Keeping your house clean and dry is ___________________
________________________________________________.
What is the best way to prevent cockroaches?
300
These two regions in the world have very poor soil.
What are deserts and rainforests?
300
Jackie was this age when she was chosen to play for Chattanooga.
What is 16?
300
This moon has a low orbit and scientists believe that it will eventually crash in to Mars.
What is Phobos?
400
This is usually stated in the first sentence and tells you what you will be reading about.
What is the main idea?
400
Cockroaches are most easily killed by this method.
What is dusting cracks with roach powder?
400
These three things make up the living part of soil.
What are bacteria, algae, and fungi?
400
This is the name of the Class AA team that Jackie played for.
What is the Chattanooga Lookouts?
400
The thin atmosphere on Mars causes these scary storms.
What are dust storms?
500
This is the number of times you should read something in order to be able to understand it really well.
What is four?
500
Cockroaches are known for being difficult to kill. Their existence on Earth has been known for _________________
of years.
What is thousands?
500
This is the scientific name for the temperature and weather conditions.
What is climate?
500
The was the name of the baseball commissioner who cancelled Jackie's contract because "women were unfit to play baseball."