Reading Skills
To retell key events in your own words.
What is summarize?
A made-up story with events that could not really happen. Usually has magical characters or settings.
What is a fairy tale?
To trade things for other things without using money.
What is barter?
Jenna wore jeans to the play.
The pronoun that replaces (Jenna): Them/She
What is (She)?
Choose the correct spelling: a. birdhouse b. birdhowse c. burdhouse d. berdhouse
What is a. birdhouse?
Doing this during reading will help you check your understanding of the text.
A made up story with events and settings that resemble real life.
What is a realistic fiction?
Putting objects or materials through a special process so they can be used again.
What is recycling?
Luke and I read the book to them.
The pronoun that replaces (Luke and I): Us/We
What is (We)?
Choose the word spelled incorrectly: a. hugging b. droping c. racing d. hopes
What is b. droping?
Bonus 100 points: What is the correct spelling of this word?
A summary is shorter than the length of the passage. It only includes the most important details.
True or False
What is True?
A ________ tells the true story of a real person's life.
What is a biography?
The simplest form of a word.
What is a root word?
It (make/makes) us laugh to hear funny stories.
The correct present tense form of the verb in ( ).
What is (makes)?
Choose the word spelled correctly: a. arme b. rabit c. leson d. Sunday
What is d. Sunday?
To identify the author's _______________, look for words and phrases that show what the author thinks.
What is point of view?
Rescue Dogs Save the Day is this type of story.
What is an expository text?
To be courageous and bold.
What is daring?
The students in (our/ours) class are painting pictures of sea life.
The correct possessive pronoun in the ( ).
What is (our)?
Choose the word spelled incorrectly: a. tiger b. ever c. spidr d. silent
What is c. spidr?
Bonus 100 points - What is the correct spelling of this word?
A. Fossil fuels are running out and we need new energy sources, B. therefore scientists are looking for alternative sources of energy.
The cause in this sentence is (A or B).
What is A?
Remember - cause is why something happens and the effect is what happens.
Dolores Huerta Growing Up Strong is an example of this type of story.
What is a biography?
Words that sound the same but have different meanings and different spellings.
What are homophones?
Bonus 100 points: Can you give an example of a homophone pair?
(I am) writing a report about animals and their habitats.
The correct pronoun-verb contraction for the word in ().
What is (I'm)?
Spell the word that belongs in this sentence: The ballerina _________ on the tips of her toes.
What is dances?