Reading Skills
What does it mean to infer?
To read between the lines to determine what the author could mean.
Which are characteristics of fiction:
What is the comparative adjective for small?
smaller
Which words have a soft c sound?
circle, cat, city
circle, city
What is a collective noun for a group of cows?
herd
What does it mean to predict?
To guess what is coming next.
Which are characteristics of nonfiction?
What is the superlative adverb for slowly?
Most slowly
Which words have a soft g sound?
gate, garage, giraffe
garage, giraffe
Which of these words is a collective noun:
-team
-players
-athletes
team
Ex: kind, helpful, organized
Look at the Table of Contents below. Which page should you turn to if you want to read about Parts of a Plant?
What Is a Plant? page 3
Parts of a Plant — page 7
How Plants Grow — page 12
Types of Plants — page 18
pg. 7
Give me an example of a proper noun.
Answers will vary
A person who paints is a? (spell it)
painter
Which is a correct use of dialouge?
a. "I said hi" softly
b. I said, "Hi!" softly.
b
What does it mean to visualize?
To make a mental picture
What is the purpose of a glossary?
to define tricky words
Give me the future tense of this sentence.
I ate pizza.
I will eat pizza.
A person who directs is a? (Spell it)
What should be included at the beginning of a fiction story? Give an example
Setting/Characters
What are the 4 story elements.
characters, setting, plot, theme
Which text feature tells you more about an image?
caption
Describe snow using three adjectives.
Answers will vary
A person who works on people's teeth is a? (Spell it)
dentist
Which text feature organizes information into columns and rows?
table/chart