Main Idea
There are many different kinds of bears in the world. Black bears live in North America. Grizzly bears also live in North America. They are very dangerous. The white Polar bear lives in the Arctic. The biggest bear is the Kodiak bear that is found in Alaska. What is the main idea of this text passage?
A. Bears live in North America.
B. Bears are dangerous.
C. There are many kinds of bears.
There are many kinds of bears.
Jay was in a pie eating contest. He wanted to win. The winner would be the person who could eat the most pie in twenty minutes. The winner would get a prize. After twenty minutes, no one had eaten as many pies as Jay. Make a prediction about what will happen in the contest.
Jay will win the contest and get a prize
Pete called Ted Tuesday afternoon and invited him to come to his house after dinner to watch a movie. It had been a long, boring day, and Ted was excited to have something to do. After dinner, he hopped on his bike and pedaled over to Pete's house. The house was dark, and when he rang the bell, there was no answer. Ted turned around, hopped back on his bike, and rode home. Make an inference about why Ted rode home.
Nobody was home
What are the 2 spellings for the long /u/ sound? Explain where they are used in a word.
u (open syllable)
u-e (followed by a consonant sound)
Spell the word for turning off the volume on a TV.
m-u-t-e
Bats are fascinating animals. They are not birds, they are flying mammals. Some bats eat fruit, others eat insects. Bats are experts at flying. They use a system called echolocation to fly quickly in the dark. Which is the main idea of this text passage?
A. Bats are flying mammals.
B. Bats are fascinating animals.
C. Some bats eat fruit.
Bats are fascinating animals.
Julie and her mother went shopping. First, they went to the bank. Inside the bank there was a large box where money was kept. Julie's mother told Julie not to touch the box or an alarm would go off. Julie touched the box by mistake. Make a prediction about what will happen.
An alarm will go off
Sara walked into the large room. The woman behind the desk smiled at her. Sara looked around. There were hundreds of magazines in the room. There were thousands of books! Other children were in the room, sitting and reading books. Sara walked up to the woman. "Can you help me find a book?" she asked. Make an inference about where Sara is.
Sara is in the library.
What are the 5 spellings for the long /o/ sound? Explain where they are used in a word.
o (open syllable)
o-e (followed by a consonant sound)
oa (beginning or middle)
ow (end)
oe (end)
Spell the word for the white stuff that falls from the sky in the winter that makes us have no school.
s-n-o-w
Many types of bacteria are helpful. For example, some are able to take nitrogen from the air. They then put it into the soil. This makes the soil better for growing plants. Some bacteria are helpful in making cheese. Other bacteria are helpful in making vinegar.
What is the main idea of this text passage?
A. Bacteria puts nitrogen from the air into the soil.
B. Bacteria helps make food.
C. Some types of bacteria helps humans.
Some types of bacteria helps humans.
Tami loved biking. She had biked in all kinds of weather. She had been planning this bike trip for weeks. Today was going to be great. She woke up early and looked out the window. It was raining! Make a prediction about whether or not Tami will go on her bike trip today.
Tami will go on her bike trip even though it is raining
Nina held the glass jar very carefully. The teacher told the students to be careful because the experiment could explode. Slowly, Nina poured the green liquid into a glass jar. She wiped the edge of the jar and set it on the table. Next, she picked up the tube of red liquid. She measured one drop of it. Nina then carefully added the red drop to the green liquid. Make an inference about the class Nina is in.
Nina is in science class
What are the 5 spellings for the long /e/ sound? Explain where they are used in a word.
e (open syllable)
e-e (followed by a consonant sound)
ea ("wet" or "dinner" words, beginning or middle)
ee ("nature" words, middle or end)
y (open syllable at the end of a word)
Spell the word that is what you do when you do not want to listen to your parents or teachers
c-o-m-p-l-a-i-n
Our solar system is very large. It includes the eight planets that turn around the sun. These planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. There are also hundreds of thousands of smaller planets in this system. They are called asteroids. Each asteroid is much smaller than any of the eight large planets.
What is the main idea of this text passage?
A. Our solar system is made up of the Sun, the nine large planets and many asteroids.
B. Pluto used to be a planet but now is a dwarf planet.
C. There are eight large planets in our solar system.
Our solar system is made up of the Sun, the nine large planets and many asteroids.
Rose filled a large glass with some milk for her younger sister, Pamela, to drink. However, Pamela wanted to drink from a smaller glass. When Rose left the kitchen, Pamela got a smaller glass. "I'm going to pour all the milk from the big glass into the small glass," Pamela said. Make a prediction about what will happen.
Pamela's glass will be too small to hold all of the milk, so she will make a mess
There are many different ways of going to school. Some children go to school by radio. The teacher talks to the children over the radio. The children can talk back to the teacher. In some desert countries, children go to school in tents. The people move across the desert, carrying the tent school with them. In some hot countries, without air conditioning, children go to school outside all year long. They do not sit in buildings. The sit on the grass. Make an inference about why children in hot countries go to school outside all year long.
It would be too hot to have school inside a building so they sit on the cool grass
What are the 4 spellings for the long /a/ sound? Explain where they are used in a word.
a (open syllable)
a-e (followed by a consonant sound)
ai (beginning or middle of a syllable, cannot be at the end)
ay (end of a syllable)
Spell the word for the age that you can start driving
s-i-x-t-e-e-n
Honeybees form large hives. There are thousands of bees in a hive. One bee is the queen. She lays the eggs. Some bees gather nectar and pollen from flowers to make honey. Other bees protect the hive. Some bees keep the hive clean. Still other bees help the queen. Each bee has a special job to do in the bee hive. W
hat is the main idea of this text passage?
A. Bees work together to make honey.
B. Each bee has a job to do in a beehive.
C. The queen is the most important bee.
Each bee has a job to do in a beehive.
The earth's movement of turning around the sun once each year is called the earth's revolution. The four seasons of winter, spring, summer and fall are caused by this action. The four seasons do not always happen at the same time at different places around the world. One reason for this is that the earth is tilted as it moves. Make a prediction about what would happen to the seasons if the earth stopped revolving.
If the earth stopped revolving, we wouldn't have seasons
Sparta and Athens were Greek cities. Long ago, the people of both cities sent their children to school. The children learned different things there. In Sparta, the children went to school outdoors. They learned how to jump and run. They learned how to dance. They learned how to play many different games. In Athens, only boys went to school. They learned how to read, write, and speak correctly. They learned how to count and use numbers. Make an inference about schooling for girls in Sparta and Athens.
Girls went to school in Sparta but not in Athens
What are the 4 spellings for the long /i/ sound? Explain where they are used in a word.
i (open syllable)
i-e (followed by a consonant sound)
igh (end of a base word or before a "t")
y (end of an open syllable or as a magic-e)
Spell the word of the activity that you do when you jump out of a plane with a parachute attached
s-k-y-d-i-v-e