Which skill looks for SIMILARITIES between ideas? (Hint: it starts with a C)
Compare
100
To predict is to use text, graphics, and prior knowledge to guess what might happen in a story or what you might learn from a text….think about the future!
What does it mean to predict?
100
Opinion
Which reading feeling is represented in the example below?
"Today is a beautiful, hot afternoon."
100
B. The men rowed the two boats.
Which sentence is correct?
A. The mans rowed the two boat.
B. The men rowed the two boats.
100
bi = two
tri = three
octa = eight
What do the following stems mean?
bi = ______
tri = ______
octa = _____
200
What skills looks for differences in ideas?
Contrast
200
The central/main idea is the most important idea about a topic, or what the passage is primarily about.
What is the central/main idea of any selection?
200
Fact
Which reading skill is represented in the example below?
George Washington was the first president of the United States of America.
200
A. Where are we going wear our new shoes?
Which sentence is correct?
A. Where are we going wear our new shoes?
B. Wear are we going to where our new shoes?
200
before = pre
after = post
Which stem means before and which stem means after?
300
What are the words and phrases around unfamiliar words that help determine the meaning?
Context Clues
300
Details are smaller pieces of information that support the central/main idea of a text.
What are details?
300
Cause
In the following example, which literary term is most likely represented in the bold text?
The flash floods in the area made driving a vehicle dangerous.
300
B. Let's eat, Grandma!
**Seriously, grammar saves lives!
Which sentence is correct?
A. Let’s eat Grandma!
B. Let’s eat, Grandma!
300
tele = far
What is the meaning of the stem tele?
Example words:
telephone
telescope
400
Summarizing
What skill are we using when we restate the central ideas of a text or the events of the plot with just the main details?
(HINT: Basically---the shortest version of a story)
400
Drawing conclusions means making sensible decisions or forming reasonable opinions after thinking about facts and details in what we are reading.
What does it mean to draw conclusions?
400
Effect
Which literary term is represented in the example below?
Glass was scattered on the floor around the shattered window.
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A. The Hoppers are going on vacation.
Which sentence is correct?
A. The Hoppers are going on vacation.
B. The Hopper’s are going on vacation.
400
hydrophobia = fear of water
Using your knowledge of sixth grade stems, determine the meaning of the following word.
hydrophobia
hydro = water
phobia = fear
500
Paraphrasing
What skill are we using when we restate a sentence or an idea an author wrote about in our own words? (HINT: This keeps us from plagiarizing)Paraphrasing
500
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Author’s purpose is the reason why an author wrote something (the goal of the author).
Name the three primary reasons why an author writes.
500
Inference
Your mother comes home and slams her keys down on the kitchen counter.
What reading skill can you use to determine her mood?
500
C. They’re going to eat before their basketball game.
Which sentence is correct?
A. Their going to eat before they’re basketball game.
B. They’re going to eat before there basketball game.
C. They’re going to eat before their basketball game.
500
micro = small
scope = look
We use microscopes to look at small things.
Using your knowledge of sixth grade stems, determine the meaning of the following word.
microscope