3rd Grade
ELA
ELA
What is a Fact?
a statement that can be proven to be true
The beginning of every sentence needs to start with ___.
What is a capital letter?
What is a central idea?
What the text is mostly about
In “Excerpt from Just the Right Gift,” what do the details in paragraphs 17 through 21 show about the mother?
In “Excerpt from Just the Right Gift,” the details in paragraphs 17 through 21 show about the mother...
Name 3 genres
Biography, Fiction, Nonfiction, Folktale, Informational, Poem, Procedural…
The people or animals in a story are called?
characters
A person, place, thing or idea.
What is a Noun?
Name the 3 kinds of Author's Purpose
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
In “Excerpt from Just the Right Gift,” how is paragraph 12 important to the rest of the story?
In “Excerpt from Just the Right Gift,” paragraph 12 is important to the rest of the story because...
What is it called when there’s writing under a picture?
Caption
A narrative must include what?
Beginning, middle, end.
Characters, Setting, Problem/Solution, Dialogue.
What is a Stanza in a peom?
Number of lines
Name 2 clue words you might see in a sequence text structure
First, next, then, last, finally, before, after
RESTATE: What theme is best supported by paragraphs 17 through 25 of “Excerpt from The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge”?
The theme is best supported by paragraphs 17 through 25 of “Excerpt from The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge” is to....
What is an informational text?
A text about real information
How do we cite evidence in a text?
According to the text
The text states
The author says
In paragraph ____
This should always go at the end of a sentence.
What is a punctuation mark (.!?)
What do you use when you are copying a sentence from the text
quotation marks
In “Excerpt from The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge,” why does the little red lighthouse feel proud?
In “Excerpt from The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge,” the little red lighthouse feel proud because.....
What are bold words used for?
To show that a word is important
What do you do on a reading test if you do not know the answer?
Acceptable answers:
Read the question again
Read that part of the passage again
Cross out answers you know are wrong
What is Cause & Effect?
Readers identify what events cause another event to happen
What is Theme? Give one example
Lesson or moral
In the passage “Meet the Teacher,” how does Tatenda change from paragraph 1 to paragraph 5?
In the passage “Meet the Teacher,” Tatenda change from paragraph 1 to paragraph 5 because....
What does RADD mean in writing?
Restate
Answer all parts of the question
Detail 1 (Cite evidence)
Detail 2 (Cite evidence)
Give an example of Text Features
Heading, Captions, maps, table of contents, glossary, bullets, italics, timeline, illustration, bold print, diagrams, index
What does this mean?
The store was a zoo!
It was a mess
Or
It was crazy
What is the differences between central idea and central message?
Central idea is what the text is mostly about and Central message is what the author is trying to teach you like a lesson or moral
What is the main idea of the passage “Meet the Teacher”?
The main idea of the passage “Meet the Teacher” is...
What punctuation mark shows excitement.
exclamation point