Words under or near a picture to help you figure out what the picture is.
What are captions?
100
A word that means the same as another word.
What is a synonym?
100
This type of reference book is where I would go to find an article on the bald eagle.
What is an encyclopedia?
100
The spelling is: strawberries.
What is the plural of strawberry?
200
To figure out what the author is trying to say by reading between the lines, taking your background knowledge and putting it with what you already know.
What is inferring?
200
A smaller heading under the main heading or title.
What is a subheading or subtitle?
200
A word that sounds like another word but has a different meaning.
What is a homophone?
200
Figuring out what will happen next in a story.
What is predicting?
200
"I" before "e" except after "c"...or if it sounds like "a" in "neighbor" and "weigh".
What is the way you spell words with ei or ie?
300
The majority of what the paragraph or story is about.
What is main idea?
300
This convention helps you see the inside of something to help you understand it better.
What is a close-up or cutaway?
300
Sentences and/or words that back up what the main idea is all about.
What is supporting details?
300
This means to tell all about something and tell what it is like.
What is to describe?
300
This is the word/letter that is ALWAYS capitalized.
What is "I"?
400
A narrative that is imagined rather than real.
What is fiction?
400
Pictures, charts, organizers are used to help you determine meaning.
What are graphics?
400
The way the story makes the reader feel.
What is mood?
400
The number or range of books you are reading to make sure the information you are reading is "just right" for you.
What is your lexile?
400
This symbol takes the place of a letter.
What is an apostrophe?
500
Autobiographies, informational journals, diaries and journals all fall into this category.
What is non-fiction?
500
This is the other term for bold print, italics, headings, captions, etc., to help enhance meaning (not conventions...)
What is text features?
500
Fiction, non-fiction, fairy tales, science fiction, folklore are all examples.
What is genre?
500
This source would be an actual letter from Clara Barton that tells what is was like healing the sick.
What is primary source?
500
This is the spelling for the meat that Oscar Mayer makes that bubbles up when you fry it in a pan!