Reading Detectives (Main Idea / POV)
The "big picture" or what the story is mostly about.
Main idea
This text feature is found at the back of the book and gives page numbers for topics.
Index
A word that shows action, like "jump" or "think."
Verb
A person, place, or thing.
Noun
The part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.
Subject
When a character in the story is telling it (uses "I" or "me").
First-Person POV
A text structure that explains why something happened and what happened as a result.
Cause and Effect
A word that describes an action. It often ends in -ly.
Adverb
These words (he, she, it, they) take the place of a noun.
Pronoun
The part of the sentence that tells what the subject is or does.
Predicate
These are small pieces of information that support the Main Idea.
Key Details
This feature is a short explanation found under a picture or photograph.
Caption
Find the adverb: "The golden retriever barked loudly at the mailman."
Loudly
Identify the pronoun: "Sam dropped his pencil, so he picked it up."
He (or His/It)
Identify the predicate: "The hungry squirrels gathered acorns for the winter."
gathered acorns for the winter
When a narrator outside the story tells it (uses "he," "she," or "they").
Third-Person POV
A text structure that tells how two things are alike and how they are different.
Compare and Contrast
Change this verb to past tense: "Today I run to the park."
Ran
What do we call a noun that must be capitalized, like "Chicago" or "Tuesday"?
Proper Noun
Identify the subject: "After the rain stopped, the bright rainbow appeared."
The bright rainbow
The message, lesson, or moral the author wants you to learn
Theme
A text structure that puts events in the order they happened (1st, 2nd, 3rd).
Order of Events/Sequence
Adverbs can describe how, when, or where. Which one is "Yesterday"?
When
Make this noun plural: "One strawberry, many _______."
Strawberries
Create a complete sentence using "The giant blue whale" as the subject.
...