Compare and Contrast
Main Idea
Sequencing
Cause and Effect
Misc.
100
What does it make to compare?
Identifying similar things between two things.
100
What is Main Idea?

Main Idea is what the text is mostly about.

100
What does it mean to sequence?
Sequencing means to put something in order, to put events of a story in order. 
100
What does Cause mean?
The Cause is the REASON why something happened; it's the WHY.
100
Summer:hot::winter: ?

Summer is to hot as winter is to cold.

200
What does it mean to contrast two things?
It means to find the difference between.
200
Homemade pizza is delicious. First, make the dough from flour, water, and yeast. After that, begin making the tomato sauce. Next, add any vegetables you like. Then, bake it in the over. Soon, it will be ready to eat!


What is the main idea of this passage?

The main idea is how to make pizza.
200
Fill in the blank.


_______, Next, Then, Finally.

First, Next, Then, Finally.
200
What does Effect mean?
Effect is the RESULT of the cause; it's the WHAT happened.
200

What is Ms. Burrows' favorite chocolate bar?

Kit-Kat.

300
What kind of statement is this?


Alligators have wide, U-shaped snouts and live in fresh water. Crocodile snouts are longer and V-shaped; they live in salt water. 


What is compare?
300
Why is it important to know the main idea?
Answers vary.
300

Sequence these events.

WIN

Snack

Morning Work

Math

Pack up

1. Morning Work

2. Snack

3. Math

4. WIN

5. Pack up

300

Identify the cause and effect in this statement.

April showers bring May flowers.



Cause: April rain

Effect: Bring May flower

300
What does it mean to comprehend? 
Comprehend means to make meaning of something, to understand.
400

Identify two similarities between Ms. Burrows and Ms. Kremer.

They are both teachers. They are both women.


Answers vary.

400

I can usually find the main idea in the...



hint: Where in the text?

I can usually find the main idea in the first or last sentence.


Answers may vary.

400
Put these in sequential order.


I brush my teeth.

I wake up.

I go to school. 

I wake up.

I brush my teeth.

I go to school.

400
Identify the effect.


Payton studied her spelling words.

Cause: Payton studied her spelling words.

Effect: She passed her spelling quiz.

400

Comparing two things by using like or as is a?

Comparing two things by using like or as is a Simile.
500
Give an example of a contrast.
Answers vary.
500
Ms. Thao's is very picky, but she also has a lot of favorites. For instance, football and volleyball are her favorite sports. Ms. Thao's favorite movie is Zootopia, and she likes to eat her favorite chocolate bar, kit-kat at the movie theaters. 


True or false.

The main idea is that Ms. Thao goes to the movie theaters. 

False. 
500
What kind of words are these?


Next, then, finally, last, first, and after.

Transition words, or signal words.
500
Identify the cause.


Effect: I stayed home from school today.

Cause: I was sick.



500

What is Ms. Burrows' favorite animal?

A dolphin. 

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