Morphemes/Reading Strategies
What does the prefix "pre"
mean?
before
What is a noun?
person, place, thing
What is a verb?
A word that shows action.
What is an adjective?
Word that describes a noun.
What is an adverb?
A word that describes a verb.
Add "less" to the word care and use it
in a sentence.
Careless
Answers will vary
The fuzzy bunny jumped into the
yard.
Name ALL of the nouns.
bunny
yard
I ran to the edge of the corner and then
skipped back to my house.
Name ALL of the verbs.
ran, skipped
I saw a large yellow umbrella at the pool.
Name ALL of the adjectives
large. yellow
The silly monkey smiled at me through the clear window.
Name ALL of the adverbs
silly. clear
Name the Reading Strategy:
Using your background knowledge and information from the text to decide what will happen next in a story is called _______________.
inferring
A noun that names a specific person, place or thing?
Which word is NOT a verb?
laugh, sing, house, yell
house
What is the adjective in this sentence?
He was the bravest character in the book.
bravest
What is the adverb in the sentence?
He stood alone in the line.
alone
What is the difference between predicting and inferring?
Predicting is guessing
Inferring is your knowledge + text evidence
A noun that names something that you can't
see, touch or feel.
abstract noun
Name ALL of the verbs.
She laughed, danced and twirled across the stage.
laughed
danced
twirled
Fill in the blank with the missing adjective.
The _______ teacher went to bed early because she had a long day.
tired
Fill in the blank with an adverb.
The funny clown __________ blew air into the uninflated balloon.
carefully
Can you name the six Reading Strategies?
Visualization, Schema, Questioning, Inferencing, Determining Importance and Synergizing
Fill in the missing noun.
House is to room as state is to ________.
city
Fill in the missing verb.
Declare is to say as ask is to ____________.
question
What adjective works best in this analogy?
High is to low as near is to ________.
far
The dog barked ____________ at the mail carrier.
loudly, angrily