Word Study 1
What is a noun? Give an example of one.
A person, place, or thing
What is an adjective? Give an example of one.
A word that describes a noun
What do the letters in RADDS stand for?
Restate
Answer
Detail
Detail
Summarize
What are the 3 types of text connections?
text-to-self
text-to-text
text-to-world
Every sentence starts with _____________ and ends with ____________
punctuation
What are the 5 parts of speech we learned about?
nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositional phrases
What is a synonym and an antonym for the word fast?
synonym: quick, speedy,
antonym: slow
Restate the question:
What did you have for breakfast this morning?
For breakfast this morning I had...
OR
This morning for breakfast I had....
What is the theme of a story?
The message or lesson the author wants readers to take away from the story.
What 2 things is this sentence missing?
yesterday my brother played in a baseball game
1. capital letter
2. punctuation
What is the difference between prefixes and suffixes?
A prefix is added to the beginning of a base word, whereas a suffix is added to the end.
What type of figurative language compares two things using the words "like" or "as?"
similes
Given this restate, what question do you think was asked?
One word I would use to describe Mrs. Reome is awesome!
What is one word you would use to describe Mrs. Reome?
What 2 things do you combine to make an inference?
text evidence + background knowledge
Besides the first word of every sentence, what else is always capitalized?
Names of people, places, months, days of the week
What are homophones, and what is one common example?
homophones= words that sound the same but are spelt differently and mean different things.
ex: see/sea, ate/eight, tail/tale, night/knight, hole/whole, bored/board, break/brake, etc.
What do the prefixes non, un, in, dis, im, mis mean?
not
List 3 transition words you could use to introduce a detail in your RADDS writing?
One detail is, To add on,
Also, According to the text,
Additionally, The author says,
Ahe text says,
One reason is,,
What are character traits and what is the difference between character traits and feelings?
feelings- in the moment
character traits- all the time
Fix the sentence below:
in school. We have to shOW our PRIDE?
In school we have to show our PRIDE.
Identify the noun, adjective, verb, and adverb in the following sentence:
The stinky cat purred softly.
noun- cat
adjective- stinky
verb- purred
adverb- softly
What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
My Grandma made dinner for me at her house yesterday.
at her house yesterday
List 3 transition words you can use before you summarize in a RADDS response.
This is why, All in all,
To conclude, In conclusion,
To sum up,
In summary,
Overall,
What is sequencing?
Putting the events of a story in the order in which they happened.
do you think we should Go to school on saturday!
Do you think we should go to school on Saturday?