5th Grade
Reading
Reading
An adjective that describes a character's personality in a story.
What is a character trait?
What every sentence begins with AND what every sentence ends with
What is a capital letter and a punctuation mark?
How many legs are on a spider?
8
Which text structure would be used for telling the similarities and differences between octopus and squid?
What is compare and contrast?
Name two parts of a fiction story.
Character, Setting, or Plot
A microchip is a tiny piece of technology in a computer.What does the stem "micro" mean?
Something small
What is a pronoun?
A word that takes the place of a noun.
How many colors in a rainbow?
seven
The big idea of a passage: you can find it by looking at repeated words, subheadings, title, pictures, captions
What is the Main Idea
What are the people or animals that have dialogue in a story called?
Characters
When Hunter 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.
A word that describes a verb.
What is an adverb?
What is the coldest place in the world?
Antarctica
An informational text written about a person's life
What is biography?
What is the setting?
Where and when the story takes place
Mrs. Vanhooser carried the delicate china to the table very carefully. What does delicate mean?
fragile, easily breakable or damaged
words such as "first", "next", "another", "In addition", and "Lastly" that help to organize ideas in a paragraph or essay
What are transition words?
What is the largest animal in the world?
Blue whale
The text feature you would go to to find out if a certain topic is IN the book and on which page to look.
What is the index?
What is the conflict?
The problem in a story
Mrs. Todd found a strange baby bird. She was not sure what kind it was so she contacted a local ornithologist to help identify it. An ornithologist is....
What is a bird scientist (bird expert)?
The number of times you indent when writing a paragraph.
What is ONCE, (at the beginning).
How many legs does an insect have?
6
Name the parts of the RACE writing strategy.
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain
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