#1
The people and animals in the story.
Characters
The person who made the pictures.
Illustrator
To guess what will happen next
Prediction
Point to, touch, or click the correct answer
Identify
What a specific word stands for
Word Meaning
Where the story happens ("in a house", "1975", "at the park")
Setting
The pictures that help tell the story.
Illustrations or Photographs
Using what you know + What the book says to find an answer that isn't written
Inference
Find out what is the same.
Compare
A word that means the complete reverse
(Hot vs. Cold)
Opposite - Antonym
What is happening or what "went on" in the story.
Plot or Events
What the story is MOSTLY about.
Main Idea
Pick one answer from a group of choices
Select
Find out what is different
Contrast
**** MATH BONUS ****
A class has 24 students. Each student gets 3 pencils. How many pencils are needed in total?
72
The name of the book or the story.
Title
The subject of an Informational Text.
Topic
**** MATH BONUS****
This method breaks apart numbers using place value to multiply:
25 x 15 =
Area Model
Put things in the correct order (first, next, last)
Sequence
A word that means the same
(Hot vs. Scorching)
Synonym
The person who wrote the words.
Author
A small piece of information that supports the Main Idea
Details
Use words or pictures to tell about something.
Describe
Using the words or pictures around a hard wood to figure out what it means.
Context Clues
How two things go together (Hammer and Nail)
Relationship