Comprehension Skills
Vocabulary
Word Parts
Holidays
PS 310 Staff
100

When you do this, you tell all of the important characters, events, including problem and solution, of a text 

What is retell or summarize?

100

This word means sleepy and unable to think clearly

What is drowsy?

100

A word part that is added to the end of a word which makes a new word

What is a suffix?

100

Counting Rudolph, there are this many reindeer 

What is 9?

100

This person's favorite movie is Beauty and the Beast

Who is Ms. EiEi?

200

The main message, lesson, or moral of a story

What is theme?

200

This word means your feelings change quickly

What is moody?

200

Prefix meaning again

What is re?

200

Two reindeer whose names begin with the letter C

Who is Comet & Cupid?

200

This person is deathly afraid of spiders. 

Who is Ms. Isakov?

300

The pieces that make up a story

What are literary elements or story elements?

300

This word means to disagree with a statement or idea

What is protested?

300

Word part meaning hear or listen

What is aud or audi?

300

This country started the tradition of putting up Christmas trees. 

Where is Germany?

300

This person's favorite color is yellow. 

Who is Mr. Salamanca?

400

When you do this, you use clues from the text, plus what you already know

What is making inferences or drawing conclusions?

400

This word means something you keep

What is retains?
400

Vis or vid means this

What is see?

400

The modern-day country where St. Nicholas was born

Where is Turkey?

400

This person did not graduate from elementary school. 

Who is Ms. Yan?

500

Visuals such as maps, illustrations, charts, graphs that help explain ideas in a text

What are graphic features?

500

This word means the right and power a nation has to rule itself or another country or state

What is sovereignty?

500

This suffix means person or one who

What is -er or -or?

500

The most popular ornament used on top of a Christmas tree

What is an angel?

500

This person has a brown belt Taekwondo.

Who is Ms. Lennon?

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