Main Idea
Context Clues
ELA
Making inferences
Grab bag
100

What is the main idea?

a. the lesson learned

b. what the story is mostly about

c. where the story is taking place

d.  key detail

b. what the story is mostly about

100

What are context clues?

a. anything that helps you understand a meaning of unknow words.

b. the theme of a story

c. the essential question

d. blues clues

a. anything that helps you understand a menaing of unknown words.

100

what are people and/or animals in a story?

a. setting

b. zombies

c. takhis

d. characters


d. Characters

100

What does infer mean?

a. not guessing

b. not observing

c. make a well informed guess

d. looking


make a well informed guess

100

What does nonfiction mean?

a. fake

b. real

c. funny

d. sad

b. real

200

Another term for main idea

a.  heading

b. central message

c.  theme

d.  caption


central message

200

Neilo was so fascinated with his video game that he kept playing with it for hours. What does the word fascinated mean?

a. attracted

b. tired

c. unhappy

d. angry

a. attracted

200

Where a story is taking place?

a. Ohio

b. author

c. ocean

d. setting

d. Setting

200

Zoey has a raft, goggles, and bathing suit.  What can we infer she is going to do?

She is going to go swimming

200

What is the prefix in unlikely

a. ly

b. like

c. un

c. un

300

What supports the main idea?

a. theme

b. key details

c. heading

d. caption

b, key details


300

Lindsay said it was very frigid in the classroom.  She had a coat and hat on.  What does frigid mean?

a. hot

b. cold

c. warm

d. comfortable

b. cold

300

What is the authors purpose?

a. why the author wrote the text

b. why the author drew the pictures

c. why the author sells a book

a. why the author wrote the text

300

Theo grabbed a ball, bat, and mitt.  What can we infer he is going to do?

He is going to play baseball.

300

What is the suffix in the word adjustment?

a. just

b. ment

c. ad

b. ment

400

Wyatt and his dad had a great time fishing today.  First they stopped and picked up bait and fishing poles. When they got to the lake they started fishing.  Wyatt caught 5 fish and his dad caught 4 fish. Then they cooked their fish.  They were so yummy.  They had a great time fishing today.  What is this story mainly about?

a. bait

b. fishing poles

c. fishing

d. cooking


c. fishing

400

Elliot was so famished after his game.  He want home and made a big snack for himself.  What does the word famished mean?

a.very tired

b. very angry

c. very hungry

d. very happy

c. very hungry

400

Which is not a nonfiction text feature?

a. bold words

b. headings

c. table of contexts

d. book

d. book

400

Weston had lemons, sugar, water, a spoon and a pitcher.  What is he planning to make?

a. a cake

b. a pie

c. cookies

d. lemonade

d. lemonade

400

What do we call a made up  story?

a. nonfiction

b. real

c. fiction

d. really good

c. fiction

500

Yesterday, Erynn got a new horse.  Her horse is black and white.  Her horse has a long wavy mane.  The horse is tall.  Her horse  loves to eat carrots and apples.  What is the main idea?

a. Erynn

b. carrots and apples

c. new horse

d. wavy mane


c. new horse

500

Hope was meticulous in her work as an artist.  She took great lengths to be detailed and thorough with all her paintings.  What does meticulous mean? 

a. sloppy

b. messy

c. careful

d. happy

c. careful

500

What is the message or lesson of a story?

     a.  main idea

     b.  setting

     c.  theme

     d.  caption

c. theme

500

Kristen puts on a sweater, coat, hat, and gloves.  What season is it?


Winter

500

What genre of stories often begin with once upon a time?

a. nonfiction

b. biography

c. autobigraphy

d. fairy tales

d. fairy tales