Vocabulary
You say that something is ______ when it is very surprising and makes you feel pleasure, approval, or wonder.
A) gnarled
B) urged
C) amazing
C) amazing
You say that something is amazing when it is very surprising and makes you feel pleasure, approval, or wonder.
How do we use context clues to help us answer a question?
Using the surrounding details to help figure out the meaning
Directions: Read the sentence, and choose the correct set of vowels to form the word.
ou ow oi oy
After the soccer game, she turned on a warm sh___er.
After the soccer game, she turned on a warm shower.
What word has the closest meaning to amazing?
A) awesome
B) disgusting
C) angry
A) awesome
When might we need to inference?
We may need to inference when a question asks us something that the text does not directly tell us. We need to think about the question more deeply.
Directions: Read the sentence, and choose the correct set of vowels to form the word.
ou ow oi oy
I don't like gray and cl___dy days.
I don't like gray and cloudy days.
When you get someone to do something, you try hard to persuade them to do it.
A) Amazing
B) Urged
C) Gnarled
B) Urged
What does the central message of a story mean?
A big idea you can learn from reading and thinking about the story
Directions: Read the sentence, and choose the correct set of vowels to form the word.
ou ow oi oy
Please do not destr___ my sandcastle!
Please do not destroy my sandcastle!
When a tree is twisted and strangely shaped because it is old.
A) Sand
B) Gnarled
C) Urged
B) Gnarled
What is the literal meaning of "two peas in a pod"?
two people or things are very similar to each other
Directions: Read the sentence, and choose the correct set of vowels to form the word.
ou ow oi oy
She had the most beautiful v___ce I have ever heard.
She had the most beautiful voice I have ever heard.
What word means the closest to gnarled?
A) twisted
B) eat
C) jump
A) twisted
What is the central message of Goldilocks and the Three Bears?
Your actions can hurt others
Directions: Read the sentence, and choose the correct set of vowels to form the word.
ou ow oi oy
I am so pr___d of you!
I am so proud of you!