A Day of Hunger
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Reading Strategies
Usage
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How many buns did Sara give the beggar girl?
5
100
calm, comfortable
relaxing
100
not fun
boring
100
How do you find the main idea of the reading?
look at the first paragraph
100
I describe the topic of the paragraph.
topic sentence
200
What did Sara find outside the bakery?
a fourpenny piece
200
makes the environment dirty
pollution
200
a building where you can go see art or old things from the past
museum
200
What are the titles of paragraphs called?
headings
200
I help you understand the meaning of a word.
context clues
300
What is Sara's job?
servant for the school
300
nervous, scared
worries/worried
300
a large, slow moving piece of ice
glacier
300
What is the information called that supports the main idea
details
300
I support the main idea with extra information and examples
details
400
What did Sara daydream about?
warm clothes, shoes, and a sixpence for buns
400
proof
evidence
400
to like something better
prefer
400
What is it called when you make an educated guess?
inferencing
400
I describe what is going on in the pictures
caption
500
What did the baker do for the beggar?
She let her sit by the fire and gave her bread
500
type of living thing
species
500
the way someone acts
behavior
500
How do we find context clues?
look for - or , or () look for opposites look for key words
500
If Brittany coughing and sneezing in class then doesn't come to class the next day. I think she is sick. This is...
inferencing
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