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 three signal words used to show chronological order.
First, second, third, last, next, before, following, recently, earlier, later, finally, now, after or then
100
Name at least four types of text organization patterns.
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?
preview the text, predict, read the directions
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?
Text Clues + Background Knowledge = Inference
300
Spaghetti
Long, thin sticks that snap
into fractions when broken
somehow changed
by bubbles and steam
into slippery, long noodles
that slide on my plate
and are more like new toys
than my supper.
I push them from side to side
on my plate
before covering them up
with a blanket of red.
Then, adding a layer of
Soft snowflakes
sprinkled from the can
like snow up on a mountain.
Gulping it down with a grin
feeling slippery, long noodles
sliding from mouth
to throat to tummy
and filling me up with
those yummy soft sticks
in fractions.
The author plays with the noodles and smiles while eating them
You know that the writer likes spaghetti because ____________.
300
If you don't understand the text you are reading, then you should______________.
reread, use context clues, use text features, activate prior knowledge
300
This genre includes historical facts within a fictional text
historical fiction
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
Kelly stopped in front of Melissa's Bakery. She could not wait to tell Amber about the puppy she was getting. As she reached for the front door, however, she looked in and saw that the chairs were up on the tables and the lights were turned off. That was odd.
Just then, she spotted Amber with her head down on the counter. Kelly knocked on the window. "Can I come in?" she shouted.
Amber slowly unlocked the door. "Hey, Kelly," she said quietly. "You look excited."
"You remember the puppy I told you about? Well, guess what . . ." Kelly's voice trailed off. She could see Amber was not listening.
"Is everything all right, Amber?" she asked. "Why is your mom's bakery closed in the middle of the afternoon, and why do you look so worried?"
"It's nothing," replied Amber, looking to see whether her mother had come into the room. "We can talk about it later. Now, tell me about the puppy."
Amber does not answer Kelly's last question because she does not want her mother to hear her answer.
This is called..
A. Opinion
B. The main Idea of the passage
C. Inference
D.The author's purpose
What is Inference?
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.
Pourquoi Tales
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 fourth graders at GNS need to score proficienct or advanced on the Reading MSA?