Vocabulary Words
Focus Skills
Grammar Skills
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words
Shades of Meaning
100

If something is _______, you want it very much.

What is tempting?

100

The overall message, or lesson, of the story. 

What is theme?

100
The subject of a sentence, such as I, me, he, she, and them.

What are pronouns?

100

A word part added to the end of a base word. 

What is a SUFFIX?

100

The "weakest" shade of meaning of this list of words.

FURIOUS, ANGRY, ANNOYED

What is ANNOYED?

200

Amounts that can be counted.

What are quantities? 

200

Use your senses to create images in your mind.

What is visualize?

200

Words that sound the same but are spelled differently.

What are homophones?

200

A word part added to the beginning of a base word.

What is a PREFIX?

200

The "strongest" shade of meaning of this list of words.

COLD/FRIGID/CHILLY

What is FRIGID?

300

if something acts _________, it makes you think something bad is going to happen. 

What is ominously?

300

Pieces of a story that present information in a different way, such as side bars, captions, or headings.

What are text features?

300
The word that makes this sentence correct.


Mom and _______ (I/ME) went to the park after school.

What is I?

300

This suffix (-ER/-LY/-MENT) shows a state or condition, the result of an action, a product, or a process

What is the suffix -MENT?

300

The strongest shade of meaning from this list of words.

SMALL/MINUSCULE/LITTLE

What is MINUSCULE?

400

If someone __________, they laughed in a rude or disrespectful way.

What is snickered?

400

Visuals, such as illustrations, maps, and timelines, that help explain ideas in the text.

What are graphic features?

400

The word that makes this sentence correct.

(ITS/IT'S) really sunny at the beach.

What is IT'S?

400
This prefix (UN-/IN-/RE-) means again, or back.

What is the prefix -RE?

400

The weakest shade of meaning from this list of words.

GORGEOUS/BEAUTIFUL/PRETTY

What is PRETTY?

500

A statement or message about an important matter that everyone needs to know.

What is proclamation?

500
The language and technique an author uses to make their writing more interesting and to communicate messages to the reader. 

What is author's craft?

500

The word that makes this sentence correct.

Please go sit over ______ (THEIR/THERE/THEY'RE).

What is T-H-E-R-E?

500

This root word (GRAPH/TRI/LOGY) means to write or record.

What is the root word GRAPH?
500

What is the MIDDLE shade of meaning from this list of words?

ANGRY/TENSE/FURIOUS

What is ANGRY?

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