Reading Foundations
A person, place, or thing is called this.
What is a noun?
This is the vowel sound in the word "dream".
What is the long /e/ sound?
These are strategies for reading nonfiction texts.
What is ________? (rereading, using text features, asking questions, making connections, visualizing, etc.)
A. What do you call the person or animal that a story is mostly about?
B. What does the setting of a story tell you?
What is the
A. Main Character
B. When and where a story takes place
Rewrite this sentence correctly.
my best friend sarah and i are going to the park tomorrow
What is "My best friend, Sarah, and I are going to the park tomorrow."?
These are words that mean the opposite.
Bonus: give examples
What are antonyms?
This has the same vowel sound as the word "boat".
What is __________. (hope, alone, slow)
These are strategies for determining the meanings of unknown words.
What are context clues and text features?
How does the setting of a story affect what happens?
What is "The setting can influence the characters’ actions, mood, and the events in the story"?
What does the word gigantic mean?
What is "very large or huge"?
The words "quickly", "silently", and "happily" belong to this part pf speech.
What is an adverb?
The word "unhappy" has a prefix. What does the prefix un- mean?
What is "not" or "opposite of"?
Read this sentence for 300 bonus points:
I am a FANTASTIC reader! I can and will pass IREAD-3!
I am a FANTASTIC reader! I can and will pass IREAD-3!
If you make a guess based on clues in the story, you are making this.
What is an inference?
These are three words that rhyme with "back".
What is _____, _____, _____. (sack, clack, flack, hack, jack, knack)
The two letters in the word "phone" that make the /f/ sound are called this.
Bonus: Give other examples.
What is a digraph?
If you take the root word "hope" and add "-ful", what is the new word's meaning?
What is "full of hope"?
What is the difference between a fact and an opinion in nonfiction texts?
What is "A fact can be proven true, while an opinion is what someone thinks or feels"?
The "lesson" or "moral" of a story is called this.
What is the theme?
What is a homophone, and can you give an example?
What is two words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings, like to, two, and too?
Choose a word that correctly completes both sentences.
At night, you may see a ______ flying.
To get ready for the baseball game, grab your ____ and glove.
What is "bat"?
This three-syllable word means "a word that sounds the same but has a different meaning."
Bonus: Can you give examples?
What is a homonym?
This text structure is used when an author explains how things happen in order.
What is sequence or chronological order?
What is the difference between first-person and third-person point of view?
What is "first-person uses 'I' or 'me,' and third-person uses 'he,' 'she,' or 'they'?"
What is the difference between an open syllable and a closed syllable?
What is "an open syllable ends with a vowel making a long sound, while a closed syllable ends in a consonant making a short vowel sound"?