Reading 1
I forgot my umbrella at school so I got soaked on my way home.
A. Compare/contrast
B. Problem/solution
C. Cause/effect
C. Cause/effect
1 example of punctuation
Periods;commas;semicolons;dashes;hyphens
The past tense of swim
Swam
What word does this definition go with?
Something that does not change; something known to be true.
Fact
A story that is not real, the story is made up.
fiction or non-fiction
What is fiction?
Opinion or fact?
The beach is way more fun than the pool.
An Opinion
What is a central message of a story called?
The big idea of a story (theme)
What is a contraction
Two words put together using an apostrophe to shorten the word.
What is the rising action of a story?
The events that lead up to the climax
What do you look at to find the main topic of a text?
The Title
A person who writes a book
An author
Opinion of fact?
Lake Compounce is the best field trip ever!
OPINION
The girl found a multitude of baseball cards in an old shoe box.
What does Multitude mean?
A. Dirty
B. Many
C. Dusty
B. Many
Part of speech describes the action is called the what?
Noun, verb, adverb, adjectives
Verb
How many syllables in the word: IMPORTANT
3
IM/POR/TANT
What are the 3 main points of view?
1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person,
Which author's purpose: The author tries to convince the reader to do/try something?
Persuade, entertain, infrom
Persuade
Does this sentence need an adjective or a noun?
Claire's _______ dog loves to go to the park.
What is an adjective?
What is the contraction of had not?
Hadn't
Girl, pink, gigantic, eclectic
These words are examples of what part of speech?
Noun, verb, adverb, adjectives
Adjectives
What is wrong with the following sentence:
The twins jumped on the bed and bumped there heads
Sentence needs a period.
What is an informational text?
A text that tells us information about a specific topic.
How many syllables are in the word: lacrosse
two
la/crosse
What are compound words?
Two or more root words are merged into a new and different word.
I tried explaining to my mom that the leftover lunch in the fridge was ____________.
A. Mines
B. Mine
C. Minne
B. Mine
Give me a word that uses a vowel pair syllable and a vowel-r syllable.
feet, meet, moon, soon, boy, employ, coil, soil
bird, chirp, star, car, fork, storm, fern, churn
What is a theme?
The lesson or moral found in a story.
What is the difference between a fact and an opinion?
A fact is a true statement that has evidence to support it. An opinion is not always true and is your personal belief.
To find the differences and similarities between the two stories.
comparing and contrasting
How many syllables in the word gobbledygook?
four
gob / ble / dy / gook