Word Detective
This prefix means “again.”
What is re-?
This WH word asks about a person or character.
What is who?
This is what a story is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
This sentence tells what your writing will be about.
What is a topic sentence?
Words like “total,” “altogether,” and “combined” usually tell you to use this operation.
What is addition?
This prefix means “not” or “opposite of.”
What is un- or dis-?
This WH word asks about a place.
What is where?
These are important pieces of information from the text.
What are key details?
These sentences support the topic sentence.
What are details?
Words like “left,” “remaining,” and “difference” usually tell you to use this operation.
What is subtraction?
This suffix means “full of.”
What is -ful?
This WH word asks about a reason.
What is why?
This tells where and when a story happens.
What is the setting?
This tool helps you plan your writing before you draft.
What is a graphic organizer?
Words like “each,” “groups of,” and “times” usually tell you to use this operation.
What is multiplication?
This suffix means “without.”
What is -less?
This WH word asks about a time.
What is when?
This is the order events happen in a story.
What is sequence?
This means thinking about what you did, what helped, and how you grew.
What is a reflection?
Words like “share equally,” “split,” and “per group” usually tell you to use this operation.
What is division?
This prefix means not.
What is -in or -in?
When answering a WH question, this is what you should do to find text evidence.
What is look back in the text?
This is a person, animal, or creature in a story.
What is a character?
A complete sentence needs a subject, predicate, punctuation, and this.
What is a capital letter?
A word problem says: “Luke had 150 coins. He earned 25 coins each day for 4 days. Then he spent 60 coins.” These are the operations you need to use, in order.
What are multiplication, addition, then subtraction?