His snowman was an impressive height: six feet of hard-packed snow!
What does the word impressive mean?
A. impatient
B. mysterious
C. remarkable
D. imitation
remarkable
100
The topic sentence of a paragraph usually gives readers a clue about what?
The main idea
100
Name five signal words used to show chronological order.
First, second, third, last, next, before, following, recently, earlier, later, finally, now, after or then
100
Name the five types of text organization patterns.
Descriptive, Cause & Effect, Problem & Solution, Compare & Contrast, and Chronological Order
100
Which genre describes books written about other people's lives?
Biographies
200
What is the base word in unacceptable?
accept
200
These bits of information are used to support the main idea.
details
200
What is prior knowledge?
Information you already know about a topic before reading a text
200
What is the first thing you should do when you come to a reading passage and questions?
Read the questions!
200
What is the genre where you write about your own life?
Autobiography
300
The word hopeful means
A. able to hope
B. the act of hoping
C. without hope
D. like hope
Able to hope
300
What is the equation that helps you remember the defintion of inference?
YOU + THE TEXT = A GUESS
300
Why is it important to be able to paraphrase what you are reading?
If you can say it in your own words, then it shows that you really understood what you read!
300
Why read the questions first before reading the passage?
Reading the questions gives you clues about what to look for while you are reading
300
What point of view would an autobiography be written in, first person, second person or third person?
First person point of view
400
The suffix -tion, like in the words celebration or attention, means
A. without
B. able to
C. full of
D. the act of
The act of
400
When you make a final decision about a story, you are making a(n)
A. conclusion
B. inference
C. prediction
D. delicious cake
conclusion
400
Name ten different text features.
Answers will vary!
400
What are the four reasons why an author might write a text?
To persuade, entertain, inform or explain how to do something
400
This kind of folktale explains how something came to be.
Porquoi story
500
Give me three prefixes that mean not.
dis-, in-, mis-, non- or un-
500
You cannot write one of these unless you know the main idea of a text.
A summary
500
In which of these sentences does the author give an opinion?
A. Winter has arrived.
B. Snow is still all over our school playground.
C. But no one is happy at recess.
D. Snowball fights are not allowed.
But no one is happy at recess.
500
Which of these sentences is a fact?
A. I think Conqueror's March is a really good book!
B. Everyone interested in history should read it.
C. The Spanish did conquer much of America.
D. He was a brave soldier of the King of Spain.
The Spanish did conquer much of America.
500
What percentage of third, fourth, and fifth graders at IFPCS need to score proficienct or advanced on the Reading MSA?