Good Readers....
Main Idea
Inferencing
Fact and Opinion
Random
100
Make a picture in their head
Visualize
100
What is the main idea?
The main idea is the most important part of what you're reading.
100
What is inferencing?
Using clues from the text and what you already know to help you determine what is going on.
100
What is a fact?
Something that is proven true.
100
How many legs do spiders have?
8
200
Text to Self
Text to Text
Text to World
Make Connections
200
How do you find the main idea?
Title and Supporting Details
200
If someone walks into the classroom soaking wet and you can hear thunder, what can you inference?
It is raining outside.
200
What is an opinion?
What someone thinks or feels.
200
What fruit do kids traditionally give to teachers?
Apples
300
Sequence
Description
Cause/Effect
Problem/Solution
Compare/Comtrast
Organize
300
Summer is a wonderful time to spend at West Beach. It is a beach with light-colored, soft sand. The coastline goes on for a long way and many people enjoy walking along it. Children like to play in the surf and walk along the rocks that are visible at low tide. This is a fun beach for people of all ages.
What is the main idea?
Summer is a wonderful time at West Beach
300
A child tries a new fruit and makes a disgusted face. What inference can you make?
The child does not like the food.
300
Red cars are the coolest cars.
Opinion
300
Name Batman’s crime-fighting partner?
Robin
400
Make sure to do this before, during, and after their reading
Ask Questions
400
"A penny for your thoughts? If it’s a 1943 copper penny, it could be worth as much as fifty thousand dollars. In 1943, most pennies were made out of steel since copper was needed for World War II, so the 1943 copper penny is ultra-rare. Another rarity is the 1955 double die penny. These pennies were mistakenly double stamped, so they have overlapping dates and letters. If it’s uncirculated, it’d easily fetch $25,000 at an auction. Now that’s a pretty penny."
What is the main idea?
Some rare pennies are worth thousands of dollars.
400
A character has a diaper in her hand, spit-up on her shirt, and a bottle warming on the counter. What can you infer about this character?
They are taking care of a baby.
400
When the Eiffel Tower was built, it was the tallest building in the world.
Fact
400
What gender is Mrs. S's baby?
Unknown
500
Make sure they understand what they are reading
Monitor Comprehension
500
"Sometime in December of 1891, Dr. James Naismith, a gym teacher at the YMCA College in Springfield, Massachusetts was trying to keep his gym class active on a rainy day. He wanted a vigorous game that would keep his students moving. After rejecting a few other ideas because they were too rough or not suited for the walled-in gym, Naismith wrote out the rules for a game with peach baskets fixed to ten-foot elevated tracks. Naismith’s students played against one another, passing the ball around and shooting it into the peach baskets. Dribbling wasn’t a part of the original game, and it took a while to realize that the game would run more smoothly if the bottoms of the baskets were removed, but this game grew to be one of the most popular sports in America today."
What sport did Naismith invent? Give 2 details to support your answer
Basketball; dribbling, baskets, passing and shooting
500
The birds were chirping, flowers were blooming, and the rain was a daily occurrence. What inference can you make?
It is springtime.
500
The way Lincoln sits, in the Lincoln Memorial statue,
makes the chair look like a throne.
Opinion
500
What type of fish is Nemo?
Clownfish