GENRE
WORD STUDY
MAIN IDEA
TEXT FEATURES
100

A make believe story with characters and a plot.

What is fiction?

100

Shelly ______ (won/one) the soccer game yesterday.

What is won?

100

Rex is a very smart dog.  He is able to follow many commands like "sit" and "stay".  He barks to warn me if someone is at the door.  Rex also knows when to leave Mittens, the cat, alone so he won't get hurt by her claws.  

What is Rex is a very smart dog?

100

This shows where places/events are located.

What is a map?

200

A newspaper article with facts and information.

What is nonfiction?

200

What is a synonym for cruel?

What is nice?

200

Jillian walked through the back door and left a track of mud in the living room.  She had been playing in the yard after the rain had stopped.  She then munched on some crackers and left crumbs all over the couch.  Finally, Jillian forgot to pick up her toys after playing with them.

What is Jillian is very messy.

200

A graph of events in the order they happened.

What is a timeline (chronological order)?

300

An account of someone's life written by someone else.


What is a biography?

300

How many syllables are in the word information?

What is four?

300

Dogs bark and cats meow when hungry.  A wolf will howl to "speak" with his pack.  Deer raise their tails to let the other deer know that an enemy is near.  

What is animals communicate in different ways?

300

Tells the topics or chapters that are in the book and what page you can find them.

What is the Table of Contents?

400

A story of a real person's life written by that person.

What is an autobiography?

400

Pick the homophone that fits the sentence. 

Dad bought a (new/knew) car.  


What is new?

400

Paul's mom wasn't feeling very well.  She had a fever and stayed in bed all day.  Paul tried to make her feel better by giving her cool drinks and sitting by her side.  He also cooked dinner and cleaned up the bathroom.  

What is Paul tried to help his sick mother?

400

Small text near a photograph that tells information about the photograph.

What is a picture caption?

500

A fictional story with magic, events that happen in three's, good and evil, royalty, and often starts with "Once upon a time".

What is a fairy tale?

500

What is an antonym for dull?

What is interesting (exciting)?

500

Beehives have about 20,000 bees that live in them. There are three types of bees and each one has a specific job.  There is one queen, drones, and worker bees.  The bees work together to make everything work well.

What is bees have different jobs?

500

Tells the names of specific parts of a diagram, illustration, or photograph.

What is a label?

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