Comprehension Skills
Vocabulary
Purpose
Text Elements
Extras
100
Part of a word that comes after the root word.
What is suffix.
100
Something that smells or tastes delicious.
What is luscious.
100
The purpose is to help the reader make connections.
What is description/listings.
100
Text features that show a drawing of a place and explains photographs or illustrations.
What is Maps and Captions.
100
Part of a word that comes before the root word.
What is prefixes.
200
The main message or lesson in a story.
What is Theme.
200
Something you understand completely.
What is realized.
200
A word made up of two words put together to make a single word.
What is compound words.
200
The order is very important; beginning, middle, and end.
What is sequence.
200
Words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
What is homophones.
300
A narrator thinks about events or other characters in a story.
What is point of view.
300
To like it better.
What is prefer.
300
A text that gives important facts and information about a topic.
What is expository text.
300
Two text structures that are related.
What is problem/solution and cause/effect.
300
A writing that is about what the story could possibly be about after previewing the title, photos, captions, and illustrations.
What is predictive writing. (Prediction)
400
A made-up story with characters, dialogue, and events in sequence.
What is a fictional narrative.
400
Using the same word several time.
What is repetition.
400
Uses a Venn Diagram.
What is compare/contrast.
400
The theme for all of the stories we read.
What is Meeting Challenges.
500
Retell the most important events in a story using your own words.
What is summarize.
500
The same as "very".
What is extremely.
500
An action-packed, funny, or inspirational story written to entertain the reader.
What is fictional narrative.
500
The actual words that characters in a story speak.
What is dialogue.
500
The prefix meaning "to do again".
What is -re.