5th Grade
Reading
Reading
An adjective that describes a character's personality in a story.
What is a character trait?
2 Parts:
What every sentence begins with AND what every sentence ends with
What is a capital letter and a punctuation mark?
How many legs are on a spider?
8
Of the 5 informational text structures, which one is best for telling the similarities and differences between octopus and squid?
(sequence/chronological, cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast, description)
What is compare and contrast?
Name two parts of a fiction story.
A. Character
B. Setting
C. Plot
a microscope allows scientists to see small things
a microphone enhances quiet sounds
a microchip is a tiny piece of technology in a computer
What does the stem "micro" mean?
What is small?
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea
How many colors in a rainbow?
seven
The big idea of a passage: you can find it by looking at repeated words, subheadings, title, pictures, captions
What is the Main Idea
What are the people or animals that have dialogue in a story called?
Characters
When Fido had a juicy bone, a cozy place to lie, and me petting him, he was in paradise. What does paradise mean?
A place of extreme happiness
(bonus if you also said it is a metaphor!)
An adjective is
A word that describes a noun
What is the coldest place in the world?
Antarctica
An informational text written about a person's life
What is biography?
What is the setting?
Where and when the story takes place
Cathryn carried the delicate china to the table very carefully. What does delicate mean?
fragile, easily breakable or damaged
words such as "first", "next", "another", "In addition", and "Lastly" that help to organize ideas in a paragraph or essay
What are transition words?
What is the largest animal in the world?
Blue whale
The text feature you would go to to find out if a certain topic is IN the book and on which page to look.
What is the index?
What is the conflict?
The problem in a story
My friend and I found a strange baby bird. We were not sure what kind it was so we contacted a local ornithologist to help us identify it.
An ornithologist is....
What is a bird scientist? (bird expert)
the number of times you indent when writing a paragraph
What is ONCE, at the beginning of the claim?
How many legs does an insect have?
6
Name the parts of a CER response
Claim
Evidence
Reasoning
(Bonus if you added Conclusion)
Solution