3rd Grade ELA 1
What part of speech is:
Hollis School
proper noun
What do you call when you are trying to figure out why the author wrote the passage
Author's Purpose
Josie's week is jam-packed in addition to school, homework, and chores, she has soccer, dance lessons, and girl scouts.
What character trait would you use to describe Josie?
happy busy nervous
busy
The setting
What part of speech includes people, places, things, and ideas?
Nouns
What is central idea?
What the story is mostly about
entertain
What do we call nouns that are more than one?
plural
Name 2 clue words you might see in a sequence text structure
First, next, then, last, finally, before, after
What do you do on a reading test if you do not know the answer?
Acceptable answers:
Read the question again
Read that part of the passage again
Cross out answers you know are wrong
What is it called when characters talk in a story?
dialogue
What kind of book tells you factual real information?
Non-fiction
The people or animals in a story are called?
characters
What part of speech is the italics word?
My cat loves to watch the birds' nest in our tree.
a) noun
b) adjective
c) verb
noun
What do you use to show characters are talking?
quotation marks
Give an example of a contraction
Ex) you'll, it's, I'm, isn't, won't, can't, they've
Which author's purpose is when the author wants to convince you to believe or do something?
Persuade
What is it called when words have the same or similar meaning?
ex: cold and chilly
Synonym
What part of speech is the italics word?
We enjoyed a delicious meal.
a) noun
b) adjective
c) verb
b) adjective
What is something you MUST always do on a reading test?
Acceptable answers:
Read the passage all the way through
Read the questions all the way through
Find text evidence
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Many boys in our class play soccer every day.
verb
Some kinds of bats eat many insects. Some bats can eat up to 1,000 mosquitos in one hour. Bats are helpful to the environment. They help us by eating insects. Without bats, we would have too many insects.
What is the central idea?
a. bats are mammals
b. bats eat 1,000 mosquitos in an hour
c. bats eat many insects
c. bats eat many insects
What is it called when words have the opposite meaning?
ex: on and off
Antonym
Give an example of a pronoun
he she it they them her him etc
The topic sentence you would use when answering this question.
Write an essay telling why George Washington was famous.
George Washington was famous.