Reading
What is theme?
The moral or the lesson of the story.
What are these: " "
Quotation marks
What part of speech is the Italic word?
She quickly ran up the stairs.
Noun
What does descend mean?
moving or falling downward
What day is the last day of school?
What does conclusion mean?
the ending of a story
Is "I think green beans taste terrible" an example of a fact or an opinion?
Opinion
What part of speech is the Italic word?
The pepperoni pizza was my favorite.
What does melancholy mean?
sadness, sorrow
What type and color car do I drive?
Purple Jeep
What does setting mean?
where and when the story takes place
What is a context clue?
Hints or clues found within a passage that can help the reader to understand the meaning(s) of new words.
What part of speech is the Italic word?
She wrote a story about her family.
verb
Define contrast.
the difference between two or more objects or ideas
What color is the Stanley I sometimes bring to work?
Black
What does Main Idea mean?
Choose the correct words to complete the sentence
There, They're, Their going to there, they're, their soccer game tonight.
They're; their
The dog ran through the yard.
. . .
Define fragment
a piece of something
How many students left out literacy class?
5
Double Jeopardy!!!!
Name 5 text features
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Fix this sentence
julie asked are we going to the zoo the store or the mall
Julie asked, "Are we going to the zoo, the store, or the mall?"
What do we use apostrophes (')?
Double Jeopardy!!!!
Define abundant.
plentiful, commonly occuring
Name two of the stories we read in Magnetic Reading.
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What is a inference?
A guess using evidence from the text and your background knowledge or schema.
What is it called when you put a space at the start of a new paragraph?
indent
Put the capitals in the correct place.
james ate at frank's pizza in boston.
Jame's ate at Frank's Pizza in Boston.
What does exhilarate mean?
to excite or thrill
What are the three field trips we are going on at the end of the year?
Walden Pond, Harvard Natural History Museum, Tsongas Industrial History Center
What is 1st person point of view?
Written using I, me, we
What do you call an alphabetical list of key names and terms used in a book? (hint it is located in the very back of a book)
An index
Put the commas in the correct place.
She ate a slice of pizza grapes an apple and a piece of cake.
She ate a slice of pizza, grapes, an apple and a piece of cake.
What is a burden?
a heavy load; something difficult to handle
Correctly spell the names of all three fourth grade teachers.
Mrs. Hogan
Miss Hawley
Ms. Moscariello