5th Grade
ELA
ELA
A root word is...
A word that stands alone - with no prefixes or suffixes?
These are: " "
What are quotation marks?
The Greek root aqua means
What is water?
What is the purpose of a topic sentence in a paragraph?
It explains what your paragraph will be about so your readers get an idea of what they're about to read.
How do you know if a sentence is a command?
It has a period (.) or and explanation mark (!)
Command sentences are direct and instructive.
"Please sit down."
If a text uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
- is it third-person or first-person?
Third-person point of view
Example of a verb
What is run, skip, walk, jump, etc?
The prefix bi- in bicycle means that a bicycle has ___ wheels.
What is two or 2?
What does it mean to "summarize" a text?
A summary should highlight the main points of a story.
Can you explain the difference between a fiction and a nonfiction text?
Fiction: Imagination/not real
Nonfiction: Facts/based on real events
Identify the error in this sentence:
joey likes to swim, ride bikes and read books
Joey likes to swim, ride bikes, and read books.
The verb in the following sentence is?
Tony slithered quietly down the hallway.
What is slithered?
If the prefix -un means not, what does unavailable mean?
What is, not able to do something
What is the purpose of a conclusion in an essay?
The purpose of a conclusion in a story is to provide a final summary of the main points and discuss the core message.
What is a theme, and why is it important in a story?
The theme is a central idea, message, or the overall meaning of a story.
What is the theme of this paragraph?
Sadie was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke her mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. She went to her mom and told her what she had done even though she knew she'd be punished.
Honesty?
Emily assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing.
The word assumed means
Suspected or guessed?
The text structure what put events in order is know as
What is sequence or chronological?
Explain the difference between fact and opinion.
Fact: Information stated from proven evidence.
Opinion: How someone personally feels.
What is the difference between first-person and third-person point of view?
First-person: narrator (I, me, and my)
Third-person: narrator is not a character in a story. (he, she, they, and them)
Details that help support a main idea are called____.
What are supporting details?
What goes at the end of every sentence?
Punctuation
I was bending over backwards to please my new teacher. The idiom "bending over backwards" means
Trying hard to please
The stars are shinning bright.
Name two types of nouns.
- Common nouns
- Proper nouns