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100

What is the largest planet in the solar system?

Jupiter

100

What should you do TONIGHT to make sure you get a good night sleep? 

Go to sleep early! 

100

What does theme mean?

Lesson Learned! 

100

Whats missing in this sentence: 

The lesson learned in the text is to never give up

Period! 

The lesson learned in the text is to never give up. 

100

List 2 clues that a text is non-fiction. 

Captions

Headings

Pictures 

Article 

200

What's the difference between the main idea and a detail? 

A main idea is what the text is mostly about, a detail is one part. 

200

What should you do in the MORNING to make sure your brain is fueled for the test?

Eat a good breakfast!

200

What does central idea mean?

Main Idea

200

What's missing in this sentence: 

In the text it says my light is so little and this one is so big! 

Quotations! "my light is so little and this one is so big" 

200

If a character feels nervous about something that is about to happen, how might the author show this through the story?

Sweating, shaking, thinking about it a lot

300

Who was the first president of the United States?

George Washington

300

If you don't know the meaning of a word, what should you do? 

Use context clues! Read in and around the word to help you! 

300

What does central message mean? 

Theme or Lesson Learned! 

300

What's the difference between a comma and a period? 

A comma shows a pause, a period shows the end of a sentence.

300

What are all the parts of a short response? 

R- Restate

A- Answer

D- Detail 1 

D- Detail 2 

E- Elaboration

400

What is the difference between a main idea and a lesson learned? 

Main idea is what the text is mostly about and lesson learned is what the author is trying to teach us

400

What do you do if none of the answer choices are matching your idea?

Go back to the text, reread, move onto the next question and then go back.

400

What is a stanza and where can it be found? 

A stanza is a chunk of text found in a poem

400

When should you add quotation marks in an answer? 

When adding details to the response that are directly from the text! 

400

What does the word "infer" mean when you are reading a story?

To create your own thought about something that isn’t directly stated in the text, but is hinted at by clues

500

What genre of story typically includes magical creatures, supernatural events, and imaginary worlds, and often takes place in a time long ago or in a distant land?

Fantasy 
500

What should you write down on your scrap paper after reading a non-fiction text?

Main Idea and Author's Purpose 
500

Where should you go when the question says "In paragaphs 9 THROUGH 11" 

Paragraphs nine, ten and eleven!

500

Where does the apostrophe go? 

“The cats tail is fluffy.” 

 Cat's = “The cat's tail is fluffy.”

500

What words do you look for when trying to find cause/effect relationships? 

so, then