4th Grade
Context Clues
Context Clues
I appreciate your individualism, but sometimes you need to learn to work as part of a team. What does individualism mean?
referring to one person
What does the beginning of every sentence need to start with?
A capital letter
What is main idea?
Main idea is what the story is MOSTLY about.
What is Text Structure?
How the information is organized in a text.
What genre is a story that is informational with all the facts & dates?
Nonfiction
The fire fighter grasped the young man’s arm and pulled him from the burning house. What does the word grasped mean?
to take hold of with a hand
What is a noun (4)?
A person, place, thing, or idea
Name a reading test taking strategy to help you answer questions. (there are more than one)
Reread the text, find text evidence, eliminate 2 answers (slash the trash), highlight important parts, RUNNERS, read questions first,
How can you figure out the main idea?
Look at the first or last sentence of the paragraph.
What are the people or animals that have dialogue in a story called?
Characters
When Fido had a juicy bone, a cozy place to lie, and me petting him, he was in paradise. What does paradise mean?
A place of extreme happiness
An adjective is
A word that describes a noun
What are the 3 purposes of an author?
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
If the story is written by someone IN the story, what is the point of view?
First person Point of View
What is the setting?
Where and when the story takes place
Cathryn carried the delicate china to the table very carefully. What does delicate mean?
fragile, easily breakable or damaged
A verb is
An action word
What is theme?
Theme is the lesson or moral of the story.
What is a story that you write about your own life.
Autobiography
What are the three ways to look for the summary?
Beginning, Middle, and End
Dylan goes to the Air and Space Museum every chance he gets because he is fascinated by planes. What does fascinated mean?
interested in
Every sentence has to end with a..
punctuation mark
"The moon is like a flashlight" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Simile
What are the 5 types of text structures?
Descriptive, Compare & Contrast, Problem & Solution, Chronological/Sequence, Cause & Effect
Solution