Foundational Skills
This prefix means "not" in the word unhappy.
What is un-?
What is a synonym for happy?
What is joyful?
Maria always helps her classmates and shares her supplies.
Which character trait best describes her?
What is kind (or helpful)?
A paragraph explains how bees collect pollen and help plants grow.
What is the main/central idea?
What is how bees help plants?
A story says: "First Mia woke up late. Then she rushed to the bus, Finally, she made it home just in time."
What event happened first?
What is Mia woke up late?
In the word hopeless, this suffix means "without".
What is -less?
"Marcus was famished, so he ate his food quickly."
Using context clues, famished means:
What is very hungry?
If a story takes place "on a stormy night near the lighthouse", what story element is being described?
What is the setting?
A map in an informational article helps the reader understand where something happened.
What is this example of?
What is a text feature (a map)?
In the sentence: The massive whale slowly swam through the ocean, what part of speech is the word massive?
What is an adjective? (describes the whale-noun)
How many syllables are in the word "remember"?
What is three?
The word bat can mean an animal or something used in baseball. What type of word is this?
What is a multiple meaning word, or homophone?
A boy loses his homework on the bus, but he solves the problem by calling his friend to send him a picture of the assignment.
What is the solution?
What is calling a friend to get the assignment?
If an author writes an article explaining how volcanoes erupt, what is the author's purpose?
What is to inform?
"Kendall hurried into the room breathing hard, her hair sticking to her forehead as she dropped into her seat."
What can you infer?
What is Kendall was rushing or running to get there?
The word "disagree" has a prefix that means "not" or "the opposite of". What is the root word?
What is agree?
"The puppy was timid, hiding behind its owner when the loud truck passed by."
Using context clues, timid most likely means:
What is shy or scared?
In the story, two friends argue but learn that listening and apologizing helps them become closer.
What is the theme of the story?
What is friendship or the importance of apologizing and listening?
A passage describes how dolphins and sharks both live in the ocean, but dolphins breathe air while sharks use gills.
What skill is the reader doing?
What is comparing and contrasting?
A passage explains how Rosa learned to ride a bike: she practiced every day, fell many times, and finally succeeded.
Which sentence best summarizes the paragraph?
What is Rose kept practicing and eventually learned to ride her bike?
This irregular word sounds like it should be spelled sed, but it isn't. It means someone spoke.
What is said?
Which word shows the strongest feeling?
whispered, said, shouted
What is shouted?
A student says, "I think the character is brave because she entered the dark cave even though she was scared."
What part of the answer shows text evidence?
What is "because she entered the dark cave even though she was scared"?
In a text, it says: "Because the temperature dropped below freezing, many plants stopped growing."
What is the cause?
What is the temperature dropping below freezing?
Which sentence is correctly written?
A. on monday, we visited Aunt lisa.
B. On monday, we visited Aunt Lisa.
C. On Monday, we visited Aunt Lisa.
D. On Monday, we visited aunt Lisa.
What is C. On Monday, we visited Aunt Lisa?