Theme
This is the message or lesson the author wants you to learn.
What is the theme?
The main idea is the ____ point of a paragraph or passage.
What is the main or most important?
When you use clues from the text and what you already know, you make an ____.
What is an inference?
A word that means the same as another word is a ____.
What is a synonym?
If a story shows a character being kind even when others aren’t, the theme might be ____.
What is kindness or treating others with respect?
These help support the main idea. They are smaller ideas or facts.
What are key details?
If someone is wearing a coat and gloves, you can infer it is ____.
What is cold or winter?
A word that means the opposite of another word is an ____.
What is an antonym?
If a story teaches that “true friends stick with you even when times are tough,” what is the theme?
What is friendship and loyalty?
Read this: “Sharks are great hunters. They have sharp teeth and move quickly.” What is the main idea?
What is “Sharks are great hunters”?
“John’s eyes widened when he saw the dog growl.” What can you infer John feels?
What is scared or nervous?
The word “carefully” has this suffix.
What is -ly?
If the theme of a story is teamwork, what might the characters be doing?
What is working together or helping each other?
True or False: Key details can be found in the pictures.
What is true?
Inference is like being a ____. You use clues to figure things out.
What is a detective?
The word “preview” has this prefix. What does it mean?
What is “pre-” and it means before.
True or False: The theme is always stated directly in the story.
What is false? (It’s usually inferred.)
What question can you ask to find the main idea?
What is “What is this mostly about?”
You can use this reading strategy to make an inference while reading.
What is “making predictions” or “visualizing”?
What is a context clue?
What is a hint in the sentence that helps you figure out the meaning of a word?