Reading Strategies
Main ideas and ______
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.
Everyone has a favorite attraction at an amusement park, and I am no different. However, unlike most people who seem to prefer rollercoasters, my favorite ride is a little more gentle. Every time I go to Coney Island, Navy Pier, or the Santa Monica Pier, I absolutely have to ride the Ferris wheel.
What does the bold word mean?
a place which draws visitors by providing something of interest or pleasure.
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?
a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge
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.
Underline
number Paragraphs
Walk through questions
Read passage
Answer questions
Prove your answer
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.
What is the speaker’s problem in the first stanza of the poem?
A He is tired of traveling and wants to rest. B He’s not sure about which road to take. C He cannot see the end of the road he is traveling. D He fears that he may be lost in the woods.
B.
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: Can you use UN from UNWRAP on an online assessment?
False
Which lines from the poem show that the speaker is happy with the choice he has made?
F “I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference.”
G “Yet knowing how way leads on to way, / I doubted if I should ever come back.”
H “In leaves no step had trodden black / Oh, I kept the first for another day!” J “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both”
F.
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
The mood the author creates in the poem is best described as
A playful
B reflective
C suspenseful
D disappointed
B. Reflective