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Inference
Main Idea
Vocabulary
Prepositions
Challenge
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Maggie was getting ready to walk to school. She put on her coat and grabbed her backpack. As she was leaving, her mother said, “I love you. Be careful.” Where do you infer Maggie lives?
What is close to school?
100
This strategy helps readers enter the world of the narrative by forming images from words printed on a page so that they can begin to follow the story line, create their own questions, and monitor their own comprehension.
What is Get the Picture?
100
U.S.A. is an acronym for United States of America. A. description B. abbreviation C. password D. neighborhood
What is abbreviation?
100
The pizza in the oven is mine.
What is in?
100
Susan was blissful when her name was called as the science fair winner. Blissful means
What is excited?
200
a logical conclusion based on evidence
What is an inference?
200
Words that have more that one meaning.
What are multiple meaning words?
200
The criteria for getting an A was to turn in all assignments and have a score 90% or more. A. standards B. lunchroom C. students D. roles
What is standards?
200
The girl by the door is my sister.
What is by?
200
We had become so opulent that we could afford to by whatever we wanted. Opulent means
What is wealthy?
300
Furthermore, the recycling program will create jobs. People are also needed to maintain the recycling facility and to repair machinery. Finally, the program could transform our city. You know how you feel when you clean out a messy room? Well, that is how we all will feel when the recycling program takes effect. It will be like cleaning out the city to make it more attractive. It could be life-changing! 1. True/False. Readers can infer that the writer feels strongly about the topic of a citywide recycling program.
What is true?
300
The news story was based on a letter that was a fabrication. Now the reporter who wrote the story is in big trouble. Will anyone believe him again? A fabrication is __________. a. made of cloth b. real c. funny d. fake
What is fake
300
My mother inherited her green eyes from her father. A. blinked B. donated C. received D. stared with
What is received?
300
a part of speech that shows a relationship between two things.
What is a preposition?
300
words that show action of a subject
What is a verb?
400
The crowd began to roar as I made a few practice swings with the bat. The umpire called to me sharply to hurry. I was not in any hurry to face the most famous pitcher in history. What am I?
What is a baseball player?
400
The signal from the cable is too strong for our television. We’ll have to use a filter to attenuate it. When you attenuate something, you _______________. a. watch it carefully b. take good care of it c. weaken d. get past it
What is weaken
400
Mr. Carson is a man of great import. A. trading B. products C. significance D. travels
What is significance?
400
During the summer I often go to the beach.
What is during?
400
Finally, we have ____________________ because the disruptive students are gone. A. money B. disturbance C. serenity D. reject
What is serenity?
500
Pam clutched the steering wheel awkwardly. The man in the passenger seat looked at her from behind wireframe glasses and then looked back at his clipboard and made some checks. Pam attempted to pull out from the parking spot slowly, but her foot slipped and she pressed on the gas too hard. The car jerked back suddenly and she almost crashed into a parked van. The man scowled at her and made another check on his clipboard. He said dryly, "Turn right here." Sweat beads gathered on Pam's brow. She timidly exited the parking lot. Now she was on a thoroughfare and was travelling 15 MPH below the speed limit. Traffic accumulated behind her. The man made a few more checks on his clipboard and wrote a comment. "Turn left at this stop sign," he said. Pam slowly turned left, but she did not stop. Several cars honked, and then she ran over a curb and bumped into a newspaper vending machine. The man hurriedly made several more checks on his clipboard and said, "OK, we're done here. Please get in the passenger seat. I will drive back to the facility." What do you infer Pam is doing?
Pam is taking her driving test.
500
Are you smarter than a _____________
What is a fifth grader?
500
key words that are used to assist in determining the meaning of unfamiliar words
What are context clues?
500
The police department found evidence under the students desk.
What is under?
500
What is the mascot for Middle Level Learning Center?
What is the lighthouse?