Vocabulary
RI 3.1
What is the main idea?
What the text is mostly about.
It takes a lot of trucks to get an
airplane ready to fly. Fuel trucks
are very important. They fill the
fuel tanks of planes. Baggage
trucks carry people’s suitcases
to and from planes. Still other
trucks deliver food.You might
also see mail trucks and cargo
trucks. Also standing by at
airports are repair trucks.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Airplanes are like trucks.
B. Some trucks carry food.
C. How trucks can help planes.
C. How trucks help planes.
Saying “Thank You”
People around the world say “thank you”for many things. Some places have special customs.In Taiwan fishermen set off fireworks. This is how they thank the goddess of the sea. They thank her for protecting them from storms and shipwrecks. In Mexico people who have lived through an accident or illness make retablos. These are small paintings on pieces of metal. The retablos are thank-yous from these grateful people.
How are customs in Taiwan and Mexico alilke?
A. The use fireworks
B. They use paintings.
C. The give thanks.
C. The give thanks.
It is also the national symbol of the United States.
What does symbol mean?
A. a picture that stand for something.B. a strong bird that flies around the country.
C. a kind of coin used in the United States.
A. a picture that stand for something.
What should you do when you finish testing?
Make sure you've answered every question.
RI 3.5
Name 4 Text Features.
Bold Print, Captions, Key Words, Italics, Headings, Sub Headings, Headings, Illustrations, Hyperlink (Websites), Photographs, Side Bar, Diagrams, Graph, Chart
Americans like toast, eggs, and cereal. In
China people eat congee, a thick rice.
People in Japan often have a soup called miso.
Pancakes made from lentil beans are favored in
India. Bread and coffee with milk are the most
popular breakfast foods in France. Breakfast
around the world is a matter of different tastes.
The main idea of this paragraph is
A. People in China and Japan like different foods.
B. Cereal is ia popular breakfast food in the United States
C. People eat different foods for breakfast around the world.
C. People eat different foods for breakfast around the world.
Saying “Thank You”
People around the world say “thank you”for many things. Some places have special customs.In Taiwan fishermen set off fireworks. This is how they thank the goddess of the sea. They thank her for protecting them from storms and shipwrecks. In Mexico people who have lived through an accident or illness make retablos. These are small paintings on pieces of metal. The retablos are thank-yous from these grateful people.
How are customs in Taiwan and Mexico different?
A. Mexicans give thanks for recovering from illness.
B. People in Taiwan are grateful for something.
C. People in Mexico have special customs.
A. Mexicans give thanks for recovering from illness.
They won't doze off so early tonight?
What does doze mean?
To go to sleep
What do you need to do the night before?
Why something happens.
What happens.
Cause and Effect
The Holland Tunnel is a
roadway under the Hudson
River. At one end of the tunnel
is New York City. At the other
end is the state of New Jersey.
Almost 50,000 cars and trucks
go through the Holland Tunnel
each day. The distance is just
over one and a half miles.
Depending on the time of day,
it can be a long or short trip.
A detail that tells more about the main idea is
A. The places that the tunnel connects.
B. How to get through the tunnel.
C. Other ways to cross the Hudson River
A. The places that the tunnel connects.
Which Is It?
Is it a butterfly or a moth? Both belong to the same group of insects. Both have wings and feelers called antennae. But most butterflies hold their wings up when they land. Most moths keep their wings flat. Butterflies are usually active during the day. Moths are usually busy at night. The antennae on a butterfly have knobs on the end. Moths do not have these.
How are butterflies and moths alike?
A. They have antennae.
B. They hold their wings up.
C. They are active at night.
C. They are active at night.
They convert the tracks to trails.
A. carry
B. discuss
C. change
C. change
A. Everyone should learn about the animals of the Arctic.
B. The sun is a source of heat.
A. opinion
B. fact
Name words that mean in order.
Timeline, Sequence, Chronological
Which Is It?
Is it a butterfly or a moth? Both belong to the same group of insects. Both have wings and feelers called antennae. But most butterflies hold their wings up when they land. Most moths keep their wings flat. Butterflies are usually active during the day. Moths are usually busy at night. The antennae on a butterfly have knobs on the end. Moths do not have these.
How are butterflies and moths alike?
A. Moths don't have knobs on their antennae.
B. Butterflies and moths belong to different insect group.
C. Butterflies have bigger wings than moths.
B. Butterflies and moths belong to different insect group.
The flower will wilt on the bus.
What does wilt mean?
A. Spill over
B. lose freshness
C. grow slowly
B. Lose freshnes
A. The crew on these early trains didn't even ride inside a car.
B. The first railroad cars were scary
A. fact
B. opinion
Compare and Constrast
What text feature helps you determine the main idea of a paragraph?
Heading and Subheadings
What does compare mean?
What does contrast mean?
Contrast-difrences
He had seen his dog seize the sandwich and run.
What does seize mean?
take or grab
What is a definition of a fact and opinion?
Fact you can prove.
Opinion is what someone thinks.