Reading & Writing

Parts of a Book

100

The word that means the front of a book

Cover

200

The word that means the name of a book

Title

300

The word that means the person who wrote the story

Author

400

The word that means the person who makes the pictures in a book

Illustrator

500

Usually the first page in a book that has the name of the story and the author's name

Title Page

Capitalization

100

In this sentence, what should be capitalized?

that boy is in my class.

That

200

In this sentence, what should be capitalized?

my mom doesn't know what i like to eat.

My       I

300

In this sentence, what should be capitalized?

she lives in little rock, arkansas

She     Little Rock Arkansas

400

In this sentence, what should be capitalized?

last night we went to tinseltown theater to see the movie called trolls.

Last    Tinseltown Theater     Trolls

500

In this sentence, what should be capitalized?

mary and john went to mills park on the fourth of july.

Mary    John    Mills Park     Fourth of July

Punctuation

100

Is this sentence written correctly?

Sam went to the store with Bobby

missing a period

200

Is this sentence written correctly?

Judy loves to read books about animals.

Yes, it is correct.

300

Is this sentence written correctly?

Where are you going on your vacation

Missing a question mark

400

Is this sentence written correctly?

You make me so mad

Missing an exclamation mark

500

Is this sentence written correctly?

Jane lives in Bryant, Arkansas.

Yes, it is correct

Common or Proper Nouns

100

animal

common noun

200

Parkway Elementary

proper noun

300

my teacher

common

400

Walmart

proper

500

Legos

proper

Topic Sentences

100

Pick the topic sentence:

I love my new puppy.  She is so cuddly and snuggly.  She loves to run around the yard, too.   I am so glad I got her!

I love my new puppy.

200

Pick the topic sentence:

Math games are so much fun!   It is an easy way to learn your math facts because it feels more like playing than working.  I like playing games with other people because that is more fun than working alone.  It makes learning so much easier.

Math games are so much fun!

300

Pick the topic sentence:

One day a group of kids had a big adventure.  They went to the park to play but while they were there, they found what they thought was a dinosaur bone.  The explored to see if they could find anymore but there was only one.  It was so exciting to think that maybe a dinosaur had been in that park many years ago!

One day a group of kids had a big adventure.

400

Pick the topic sentence;

Going to the grocery store with my mom is so boring.  She makes us go up and down every aisle and she never picks out the food I want her to get.  Plus, she always runs into her friends and stands their talking forever.   What a boring way to spend the afternoon!

Going to the grocery store with my mom is so boring.

500

Pick the topic sentence:

I am lucky to have so many friends.  Sally loves to come over and watch movies with me.  Tim likes to play basketball with me.  Tammy thinks it is fun when we read together, and John likes to tell me jokes.   What a lucky girl I am!

I am lucky to have so many friends.