Reading Detectives (ELA)
This is the central message or "lesson learned" of a story.
Theme
A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
Simile
This feature is found at the back of a book and gives definitions for difficult words used in the text.
Glossary
In GEMDAS, these are the first things you must solve in an equation.
Groupings
Before adding fractions with different denominators, you must find this.
Common Denominator
In the decimal 0.75, the 7 is in this place value.
Tenths place
When you use clues from the text plus what you already know to figure something out, you are doing this.
Inference
This type of figurative language gives human qualities to non-human objects (e.g., "The wind whistled")
Personification
This is what the entire passage is mostly about.
Main Idea
This is the volume of a box with a length of 5cm, width of 2cm, and height of 3cm.
30 cubic cm
Solve: 1/2 + 1/4.
3/4
When multiplying 4.5 X 100, you move the decimal point this many places to the right.
Two
This point of view uses pronouns like "I," "me," and "my" to tell the story.
First-Person
Two words that have the opposite meaning are called this.
Antonyms
If an author writes an article titled "Why We Should Protect the Oceans," what is their most likely Author's Purpose?
Persuade
Evaluate this expression: $(10 + 5) \times 2 - 4$.
26
This is the product of 2/3 times 4/5.
8/15
Compare these decimals using >, <, or=:
0.405 __ 0.45
< (Less than)
When using the RUN strategy, what does the "N" stand for, and why is it done before reading the questions?
Number the evidence with the question it goes with!
This is the meaning of the prefix "un-" as in the word unhappy.
Not
Information that supports and proves the main idea is called this.
Key Detail/Supporting Evidence
The value of the 5 in the number $1,520,300$.
500,000 (Five hundred thousand)
Express the mixed number2 3/4 as an improper fraction.
11/4
On a coordinate plane, the first number in an ordered pair (x, y) tells you to move in this direction.
Horizontal (Left to Right)
This text structure explains why something happened and what occurred as a result.
Cause & Effect
This punctuation mark is used to set off a tag question or separate items in a series.
Comma
If you are using RAPPS to answer a short-response question, what does the "A" stand for?
Answer
This is the rule for the following pattern: $3, 6, 12, 24, 48$
Multiply by 2
Solve: 4 divided by 1/3?
12
Round 12.386 to the nearest hundredth
12.39