Reading Skills
Types of Stories
Vocabulary
Grammar
Spelling
100

To retell key events in your own words. 

What is summarize?

100

A made-up story with events that could not really happen.  Usually has magical characters or settings.

What is a fairy tale?

100

To trade things for other things without using money.

What is barter?

100

Jenna wore jeans to the play.  

The pronoun that replaces (Jenna):  Them/She

What is (She)?

100

Choose the correct spelling:  a. birdhouse b. birdhowse c. burdhouse d. berdhouse

What is a. birdhouse?

200

Doing this during reading will help you check your understanding of the text.

What is ask and answer questions?
200

A made up story with events and settings that resemble real life.

What is a realistic fiction?

200

Putting objects or materials through a special process so they can be used again.

What is recycling?

200

Luke and I read the book to them.

The pronoun that replaces (Luke and I):  Us/We

What is (We)?

200

Choose the word spelled incorrectly:  a. hugging b. droping c. racing d. hopes

What is b. droping?

Bonus 100 points:  What is the correct spelling of this word?

300

A summary is shorter than the length of the passage.  It only includes the most important details.

True or False

What is True?

300

A ________ tells the true story of a real person's life.

What is a biography?

300

The simplest form of a word.

What is a root word?

300

It (make/makes) us laugh to hear funny stories.

The correct present tense form of the verb in ( ).

What is (makes)?


300

Choose the word spelled correctly:  a. arme b. rabit c. leson d. Sunday

What is d. Sunday?

400

To identify the author's _______________, look for words and phrases that show what the author thinks.

What is point of view?

400

Rescue Dogs Save the Day is this type of story.

What is an expository text?

400

To be courageous and bold.

What is daring?

400

The students in (our/ours) class are painting pictures of sea life. 

The correct possessive pronoun in the ( ).

What is (our)?

400

Choose the word spelled incorrectly:  a. tiger  b. ever  c. spidr d. silent

What is c. spidr?

Bonus 100 points - What is the correct spelling of this word?

500

A. Fossil fuels are running out and we need new energy sources, B. therefore scientists are looking for alternative sources of energy.

The cause in this sentence is (A or B).

What is A?

Remember - cause is why something happens and the effect is what happens.

500

Dolores Huerta Growing Up Strong is an example of this type of story.

What is a biography?

500

Words that sound the same but have different meanings and different spellings.

What are homophones?

Bonus 100 points:  Can you give an example of a homophone pair?

500

(I am) writing a report about animals and their habitats.

The correct pronoun-verb contraction for the word in ().

What is (I'm)?

500

Spell the word that belongs in this sentence:  The ballerina _________ on the tips of her toes.

What is dances?

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