Vocabulary
I Survived the Yellowstone Fire
Smoke Jumpers
Up in Flames
Finding the Main Idea
100
a unit for measuring temperature
What is degree?
100
The 1968 fire in Yellowstone National Park ___________.
What is burned over 1.2 million acres.
100
_________ is a challenging job.
What is Smoke Jumping?
100
The big idea from the article "Up in Flames".
What is California Wildfires?
100
The most important idea about the topic.
What is the main idea?
200
rapidly
What is quickly?
200
Zoe saw bears _______ the flames, and smoke filled the air.
What is fleeing?
200
The main idea of the article Smoke Jumpers: Getting the Job Done.
What is smoke jumpers know other ways to put out fires?
200
Building homes in the foothills of California is dangerous because __________.
What is because they are covered with brush that burns easily?
200
We can find the main idea by reading these.
What are photo captions and introduction?
300
In _______ of California, bushes and trees become _____ for spreading fires.
What are regions and fuel?
300
Zoe's Family was _______ inside the park for the night.
What is trapped?
300
Sometimes smoke jumpers fight fire with _______.
What is fire?
300
The month that the 2003 fires finally fizzled out in the foothills of Southern California.
What is November?
300
We read for this to better understand who, when, where, why, and how about an event or idea.
What is reading for detail?
400
to build again
What is rebuild?
400
Zoe's dad thought the family should see the _____________ fire.
What is once in the lifetime fire?
400
Smoke jumpers sometimes dig a ditch called a ___________ to stop a fire.
What is "fire line"?
400
Three ingredients necessary for fires to burn.
What are oxygen, fuel and heat?
400
The order of the events.
What is sequence?
500
Zoe and her family were ________ of the Yellowstone Wildfires.
What is survivors?
500
The main idea of "I Survived the Yellowstone Fire".
What is Zoe's family went to see the biggest fire in the history of the park.
500
If nothing else works, jumpers have to wait for _______.
What is rain?
500
Something that a person can do to protect a house during a wildfire.
What is remove shrubs from around the house?
500
The main idea is usually found here.
What is the first paragraph?
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