Definitions
When words have similar meanings.
What is a synonym?
A person, place or thing
What is a noun?
Example: He is in pre-kindergarten and next year he will be in kindergarten.
What is before?
Is the point of the text/the most important thought
What is the main idea?
Types of fruit that grow on trees
oranges, apples, pears, lemons, limes, apricots, coconuts, bananas, mangoes, peaches, nectarines.
Words that have opposite meanings.
What are antonyms?
What is a verb?
What is the meaning of re-?
Ex: He had to repeat 6th grade because he never did any work.
What is again?
Person(s) in the text
What are characters?
Animals that have stripes
What are zebras, tigers, cats, raccoons, skunks, chipmunks
Words that are spelled the same and sound the same, but have different meanings.
What are multiple meaning words?
Describes a noun
What is an adjective?
What is the meaning of un-?
Ex: My Mom was unhappy because my room was such a mess.
What is not?
An arguable statement
What is a claim?
Jobs that wear uniforms.
What are police, firefighters, EMTs, postal workers, fast food workers, chef, pilot, nurse
Words that sound the same, but have different spellings and meanings.
What are homonyms?
Replaces a noun. Examples are he, she, it, they, etc.
What are pronouns?
What is the meaning of tri-?
Ex: A triangle has three sides.
What is three?
Facts, details or quotes from the text to back up your claim.
What is evidence?
States that start with 'N'
Nevada, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, and New Mexico
These are hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words
What are context clues?
Describes an action. Usually ends in -ly
What are adverbs?
What is the meaning of mis-?
Ex: I made the mistake of wearing 2 different shoes to school.
What is wrong?
To make an educated guess using prior knowledge and facts/details from a text.
What is inferencing?
Countries in Eurpoe
What is England, France, Germany, Spain, Greece, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Portugal, etc