Problem and Solution
Something that needs to be fixed or solved?
Problem
What are text features?
Text features help readers to understand the text better.
What is main idea?
A period, comma, and an apostrophe are examples of what?
Punctuation marks
What is a noun?
Person, place, thing, or idea
How the problem is solved.
The solution
What are the words under a picture called?
A caption
What is the main idea of the passage below?
Jim wants a pet. He would like a turtle. Jim likes to watch turtles. He wants a small turtle. Jim will name it Max. He hopes he will get a turtle soon.
Jim wants a turtle.
What does a complete sentence need?
What is the verb in the sentence?
She walked slowly into the store.
walked
Problem or Solution:
Sue missed the bus today.
Problem
What is the difference between a photograph and illustration?
Photograph is taken with a camera and an illustration is drawn by hand.
Is the sentence below a main idea or detail?
Kyle sets aside time everyday to write.
Main idea
Are the commas in the correct place?
I bought cereal candy, and chips at the store.
No:
I bought cereal, candy, and chips at the store.
What is the adjective?
The sneaky monkey stole the banana.
sneaky
Problem or Solution:
They are going to order a pizza.
Solution
What is a glossary?
Tells the definition of the bold/key words in the text.
What is the main idea of the passage below?
Bears like to eat honey. They look for honey in trees. They climb trees because it is sweet. Bears love to find honey.
Bears like honey.
What punctuation mark should go at the end of the sentence?
I love my new backpack
Exclamation point !
What is the adverb?
He threw a ball outside.
outside
Solve the problem:
Sue missed the bus.
Answers may vary.
Her mom took her to school.
What tells the name of the chapters and what page the chapter can be found?
Table of contents
Is the sentence below a main idea or detail?
Kyle wants to be a writer when he grows up.
Detail
What is a synonym for the italicized word:
Jim took his dog on a stroll through the park.
walk
Identify the proper noun in the sentence below:
Mrs. Smith's computer was broken.
Mrs. Smith