Vocabulary
This word means to work together with someone to accomplish something.
What is cooperate?
An author writes a passage to teach readers how to make a paper airplane. What is the author's purpose?
What is to inform?
The main idea tells what a text is mostly ______.
What is about?
This text feature tells you what a section of a text will be about.
What is a heading?
If you make a prediction, you make a ______ about what might happen next.
What is a guess based on evidence?
If something is enormous, it is ______.
What is very large?
An author writes a funny story about a child who accidentally brings a chicken to school. What is the author's purpose?
What is to entertain?
A paragraph explains that bees help plants grow by moving pollen from one flower to another. What is the main idea?
What is Bees help plants by pollinating flowers?
This text feature helps you find the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
What is a glossary?
A character's actions, words, and thoughts can help you determine the character's ______.
What are traits?
This word means something that you are able to do well.
What is a skill?
An author writes an article explaining why children should exercise every day. The author gives reasons and facts to convince readers. What is the author's purpose?
What is to persuade?
Which details are most important when determining the main idea?
A. Interesting but unrelated facts B. Details that support the topic C. Your personal opinion
What is B, details that support the topic?
A photograph in an informational text shows a close-up of an insect. Why did the author probably include it?
What is to help readers better understand what the insect looks like?
You read: Marcus practiced his speech every night because he wanted to do well at the school assembly.
What can you infer about Marcus?
What is Marcus is hardworking/determined?
A custom or activity that a family, group, or community has followed for many years is called what?
What is tradition?
An author writes a biography about a famous scientist and explains important events from the scientist's life. What is the author's purpose?
What is inform?
A passage explains that teamwork helps people accomplish difficult tasks. It gives examples of students working together to clean a park and build a garden. What is the main idea?
What is Working together can help people accomplish difficult tasks?
A map shows where different types of animals live. What information does the map provide?
What is the locations or regions where the animals live?
A character wants to win a race but keeps tripping during practice. What is the main problem the character faces?
What is the character is struggling to run the race successfully?
What word means something that relates to an entire country?
What is national?
A text tells readers about the benefits of recycling and ends by asking readers to recycle more often. What are the author's two purposes?
What are to inform and persuade?
You read several paragraphs about how a group of children planned, practiced, and performed a play. What should you do to determine the central message or main idea?
What is look at the important details and think about what they have in common?
You see a chart comparing the height, weight, and lifespan of three different animals. Why is the chart useful?
What is it organizes information so readers can easily compare the animals?
The author never directly says that a character is nervous. However, the character's hands shake, stomach hurts, and voice becomes quiet before speaking. What can the reader infer?
What is the character is nervous?