Reading Strategies
What supports the main idea in a story?
questions or details
details
If you can prove something is true or real it is a _____.
Fact
Name 2 types of book genres.
vary
Which statement is an opinion?
a. Environmental groups should do more to protect wildlife.
b. The Pacific Ocean is the largest body of water on Earth.
A.
It was very quiet when James walked inside. He returned the books in the return items drawer and went to the children's section. He checked out two books and left with his parents.
Where is James and how do you know?
He returned and borrowed books
What genre includes stories that are true, teaches you something, or incudes facts?
Informational/non fiction
In author's purpose what is the I? P I E
Inform
Name a strategy you can use to solve unknown words?
Use context clues
What is an opinion?
how you feel about something
The first Ferris wheel was made by and named after George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. He designed it for the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. It was the tallest attraction there, standing 264 feet high.
Who made the first Ferris Wheel?
George Washington Gale Ferris, JR.
What do we call the type of book that has pictures and text bubbles for characters' conversations?
graphic novel
What does a glossary tell you?
what words mean
What skill identifies what the story is mostly about?
Main Idea
What is compare and contrast?
The way to show how things are alike and different.
Is this a simile or a metaphor?
Her eyes are as blue as the sky.
Simile
A glossary, table of contents, captions, photographs, and labels are all examples of what?
Text features
We were so hungry that we didn't leave a single particle of the cookies on the plate. What does particle mean?
What is a piece or crumb?
To think about what may happen next in a story.
Predicting
True or False: The setting is who is in a story?
False
Name an onomatopoeia.
Boom! Crash! Zoom! Bang!
What is the acronym we use for author's purpose?
PIE
To make a movie in your head of what is happening.
Vizualizing
What do you find on table of contents?
Chapters/sections, page numbers
Fact or Opinion? Polar bears, seals and walruses are able to survive in Arctic habitats.
Fact
What is a synonym for gargantuan?
Huge, enormous