Main Idea/Theme/Central Message
Fiction
Text Features
Story Elements
Miscellaneous
100

What is one way you can find the central message?

Find the topic or look for clues in the words and pictures.

100

What are the thinking jobs for FICTION text? (Name at least 4)

Who are the characters? 

What do I know about the characters? 

What's the problem/solution/lesson learned?

100

A conversation between characters is called...

Dialogue

100

What do you call the person the story is mostly about?

The main character

100

Nonfiction is

Text that is real or true 

200

“You can do it!” shouted her father, as he pushed Chloe and let go. She was going on her on, but suddenly fell. She cried, but said, “Again, daddy.” This time, she went farther falling into the ditch. A few moments later, she was riding down the street, smiling from ear to ear

Never give up!

200

What does moral mean?

The lesson the character learns in the story

200

The name of the book.

Title

200

What is the setting in the text?

Once upon a time in a place far away, there was a beautiful princess who lived in a castle. 

In a castle 

200

The person who writes the story

The author

300

How do you answer the question: "What is the main idea of the text?" 

The main idea of the text is... I know this because... (The text is mostly about...) 

300

This describes where and when the story takes place.

Setting

300

Tells what important words in the text means.

Glossary

300

What happened at the end of the story?

Sadie wants to play gymnastics. She practices everyday for 20 min. While practicing one day, Sadie falls and hurts her ankle. Sadie goes to the hospital and has cast on her ankle for 6 weeks.

Sadie goes to the hospital and has a cast on her ankle for 6 weeks.

300

What is the our current essential question?

How do friends depend on each other?

400

A monkey challenged a frog to a race up a tree, the monkey challenged the frog because she was so small. The frog jumped right over the monkey and won the race. What is the theme?

Don't judge a person by their looks.

400

A challenge the character faces in the story

Problem

400

Words in a text that are important and written in a darker print.

Bold Words

400

What happened at the beginning of the story?

Sadie wants to play gymnastics. She practices everyday for 20 min. While practicing one day, Sadie falls and hurts her ankle. Sadie goes to the hospital and has cast on her ankle for 6 weeks.

Sadie wants to play gymnastics 

400

Good readers always read the text ______ times

Three 

500

Did you know that giraffes are the tallest animals in the world? They are unique in other ways, too. For one thing, they sleep only about 20 minutes each day and, usually, not more than five minutes at a time. (They have to remain alert for predators.) Also, every giraffe’s coat is unique and varies in color from white to nearly black, depending on what they eat and where they live. 

The main idea of this passage is: 

a. Giraffes don’t sleep very much. 

b. Giraffes are unique animals.

c. There are many animals in the world. 

d. No animal is taller than a giraffe.

b. Giraffes are unique animals.

500

When recounting/re-telling a story what must you include?

The sequence of events. (Beginning, Middle, End) and the characters,setting,problem,solution and lesson learned (theme,central message,moral).

500

How do text features help us understand the text/story?

They help us understand what we are reading, what the characters are doing/saying/thinking and feeling.


500

What do we call the person or persons who draw pictures for the books/text we read?

The illustrator

500

Name three words for each two letter blend: Fl and Br

Flower,flow, flew, fly and etc

Brow, bread, break, brick and etc