4th Grade ELA
What are the people in stories referred to as?
what are characters?
How many hours of sleep should you get the night before the test?
What is 8 hours?
This is when 2 words means the same thing
What is a synonym?
What is Ms.Melanie's favorite fruit?
Watermelon or grapes!
The reason the author writes about something is called
What is the author's purpose?
What is the name of the person who writes the story?
The MOST important thing you should do when taking a test.
This figurative language is being used in this sentence “The boy was like a lion because he was so courageous”
What is a Simile?
How many sisters does Ms.Melanie have?
What is 2?
This is a short version of the story that includes just main idea and key details.
What is the summary?
The vocabulary words listed in the back of the book is called?
What is a Glossary
What do you do if you don't know the answer to a question?
What is skip it and come back to it later? OR Make an educated guess.
The "R" in RADDE stands for_______
What is RESTATE?
Daily Double:
This word is the name for sound words. Ex. Bang, Boom, Crash"
Onomatopoeia
What text structure would I use when teaching someone how to bake a cake.
Sequence/Steps/Chronological
What the author is trying to teach you?
What is theme.
The multiple choice questions on a test are the fastest part and you should rush through it. True or False?
False. Take your time!
What does sensory details include?
What is details that help you see, hear, smell, taste and feel
What is white and black and read all over?
A newspaper
The person who tells a story is called what?
The person who is speaking in a poem is called what?
Who is the narrator?
Who is the speaker?
Non-fiction means...
The story is true
You should skip every question you don't know and never go back to it. True or False?
What is false?
DAILY DOUBLE!! This is what you call a story you write about your own life.
What is an Autobiography
What is the verb in the sentence below?
Every year, we dance with my friends near the big pond.
dance
A picture with labels is called what in a nonfiction book?
What is a diagram.
Fiction means...
A story is not real
What should you do if you are answering multiple-choice questions?
The first step when identifying main idea.
Read the WHOLE text and think about what it is mostly about.
Who was Ms. Melanie's co-teacher last year?
Ms. Mina
If a question asks you to support your claim with details from the text, what does that mean?
support your answer/opinion with text evidence
If it says to read the article, is it most likely a fiction or non-fiction text?
How many sentences should you have in a writing prompt for each paragraph?
What is 4-5 sentences?
What is an adjective?
Describes a noun
How many days are in the month of May?
What is the ending of a story called?
resolution
What are character traits?
Character traits are the qualities that are specific to you as an individual. They are developed throughout your life and do not change daily (like feelings/ emotions do).
What process should you use when answering multiple-choice questions?
Process Of Elimination.
This is what we call a short statement of the main point of a story.
What is main idea or central idea?
What is the name of Ms. Melanie's husband?
Daniel
To describe how things are alike and how they are different
What is compare and contrast?
How the author feels about a topic is known as...
What is the author's point of view or perspective?
What MUST you do before submitting your test?
What is going back and making sure you answered every question?
What does the theme tell you?
The lesson learned or the author's message
When is the last day of school
June 26th
What are the paragraphs in a poem called? and what are the sentences called?
Stanzas and Lines
Give an example of both a simile and a metaphor
Answers may vary
Name a type of breakfast to eat on the morning of a test day.
healthy breakfast, non sugary
Setting tells what three things?
Time, Place and Weather
What grades has Ms. Melanie taught?
Kindergarten, 2nd Grade and 4th Grade?
Name one type of text feature.
headings/title/subtitles/pictures/graphs/sidebars/captions