What sound do the letters ch make in the word cheese?
/ch/
What does the main idea tell you about a story or paragraph?
What it’s mostly about.
What part of speech names a person, place, or thing?
a noun
What’s a word that means the opposite of big?
small
What is fluency in reading?
Reading smoothly and with expression.
What sound do the letters th make in think?
/th/
What is a detail in a story?
A small piece of information that supports the main idea.
What part of speech shows an action?
a verb
What is a synonym for happy?
glad or joyful
What should you do if you come to a word you don’t know?
Try to sound it out or use context clues.
What’s the vowel sound in the middle of boat?
long o
What kind of text tells facts and gives real information?
nonfiction
What punctuation mark goes at the end of a telling sentence?
a period
What’s a word that means the opposite of fast?
slow
Reading the same passage more than once helps build what skill?
fluency
What’s the root word in replay?
play
What kind of text tells a made-up story?
fiction
The word blue in “blue car” is what part of speech?
an adjective
What’s the meaning of the prefix re- in redo?
again
What is a caption?
Words under a picture that tell what it shows.
What two words make up the contraction can’t?
can and not
When you guess what happens next using clues, what are you doing?
making a prediction
What should every sentence start with?
a capital letter
What are context clues used for?
To help figure out what a word means.
What do we call the words in bold or italics that help us notice something important?
text features