3rd Grade ELA 1
How many lines does a limerick have?
5 lines.
The reason an author writes a nonficiton story is.
Give an example of an onomatopoeia
Any word that sounds like the noise it represents
ex) meow, crash, bang, boom, click, bang, howl
How many lines does a haiku have?
3 lines
What part of speech includes people, places, things, and ideas?
Nouns
What is central idea?
what the story is mostly about
entertain
Name 2 signal words do you see a compare and contrast text structure.
Similar, different, both, alike, unlike, on the other hand.
Name 2 signal words you might see in a chronology text structure
First, next, then, last, finally, before, after, dates
What does FAST stand for?
Feelings, actions, speech, and thoughts.
What are the two strategies you can use for informational/ fiction texts.
Repeated words and stop and jot.
Which author's purpose is when the author wants to convince you to believe or do something?
Persuade
What type of figurative language is this?
It is as windy as a tornado outside.
Simile
What was the author's purpose for writing this paragraph?
"Bees are very important to our planet! They fly around from flower to flower, collecting sweet nectar to make honey. When they do this, they also help flowers grow new seeds, which means we get more fruits and vegetables to eat. Bees live in a hive with lots of other bees, and their queen bee is the most important one, laying all the eggs for new bees to grow."
Inform the reader about why bees are important for our planet.
What is something you MUST always do on a reading test?
Acceptable answers:
Read the passage all the way through
Read the questions all the way through
Find text evidence
When you leave a glass of water outside on a hot day, the water evaporates
What text structure is this an example of?
Cause and Effect
What kind of book tells you factual real information?
Non-fiction
Think about the suffix -able.
The cup was reachable.
What is the meaning of reachable?
Close by
How a character changes from the beginning, middle, to end.
What do you use to show characters are talking?
quotation marks
What text feature is in the sentence below?
Wild Dogs
There are many different types of wild dogs. One type of dog is a wolf.
Heading
What strategies can you use on fiction texts?
Name two
FAST, SWBST, and stop and jot.
What type of figurative language is this sentence?
My teacher's heart is gold.
Metaphor
What is theme?
The lesson, message, or moral of the story.
Write an example of a simile!
Ex) My face turned red like a tomato!
She bounced as high as the sky on her trampoline.