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Story Time
Reading is Fun
Elementary My Dear
Story Elements
Knowledge is Power
100
The people or animals in the story
What is Characters
100
Where the story takes place
What is Setting
100
How things are the same
What is Compare
100
How things are different
What is Contrast
100
The most important idea about the topic
What is Main Idea
200
A statement that can be proven to be true
What is Fact
200
A statement that is someone's viewpoint but can not be proven. Words like "I believe", "I think", or "Probably" are used
What is Opinion
200
Facts and information that help support the main idea
What is Supporting Details
200
Create a picture in your mind as you are reading
What is Visualize
200
Things that cannot happen in real life
What is Fantasy
300
Things that can happen in real life
What is Reality
300
To make a smart guess on what will happen using text and illustrations
What is Predict
300
To know how to find, organize, and retell important facts or story elements from the text
What is Summarize
300
The reason the author writes the story. To persuade, inform, or entertain.
What is Author's Purpose
300
Events happen in order in the story. Words like first, next, and last are used to tell the order.
What is Sequence of Events
400
Clues in the story and things you already know, can tell you what may happen next
What is Inferences
400
Take information from the text and figuring out what will happen or what the characters will do
What is Draw Conclusions
400
Why did the events occur in the story
What is Cause
400
What happened in the story after the events occurred
What is Effect
400
What is wrong or the conflict in the story
What is Problem
500
The way the problem was solved
What is Solution
500
You do this while reading to help understand the text or clarify the meaning
What is Questioning
500
Use what I already know to help me understand something new
What is Prior Knowledge