My students are as busy as bees.
What is this an example of?
What is a similie
100
This comprehension skill requires readers to determine what a story or passage is mostly about.
What is Main Idea?
100
When finding a meaning of an unfamiliar word in a sentence or passage using clue words and phrases is called what?
What are context clues?
100
Disabled and enabled.
What is an antonym?
100
What is the most common mistake students make when writing to a prompt on the ISTEP
What is developing ideas?
200
My mind is an ocean.
What is this an example of?
What is a metaphor?
200
This comprehension skill requires a reader to make an educated guess on what an author is trying to say in a story or passage. A reader needs to gather clues from the text and use prior knowledge to make this...
What is an inference?
200
Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive, slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops. What does the word elegant mean in the sentence?
What is graceful?
200
Through and threw.
What is a homophone?
200
What does Yes, MA'AM stand for? This strategy is used to successfully answer constructive response questions on the ISTEP.
What is Me, Author, Author, Me?
300
The flowers are smiling through the sunshine.
What is this an example of?
What is personification?
300
This comprehension skill requires a reader to identify the similarities and differences between two or more topics.
What is compare and contrast?
300
Even though John had a good job and a nice family, he yearned for more. What does yearn mean in the sentence?
What is desire or want?
300
Downy and Silky
What is a synonym?
300
How many minutes should a student spend planning for a writing prompt on the ISTEP?
What is 5 minutes?
400
Zing! Boom! Pow!! Poof! Ding! What is this an example of?
What is an onamatopoeia?
400
This comprehension skill requires a reader to learn a moral lesson or value from the actions of characters in a story. This lesson is not directly stated, but can be infered from the events that take place in the story.
What is theme?
400
Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape, most athletes seldom eat junk food.
What does seldom mean in the sentence?
What is rarely?
400
Bear and bare.
What is homophone?
400
What should a student have before coming to school to take the ISTEP test to ensure they have energy?
What is breakfast?
500
It is so cold outside I saw the polar bears wearing jackets! What is this an example of?
What is an hyperbole?
500
Setting, plot, conflict, solution, climax, and characters are examples of these...
What are story elements?
500
Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not. What does injustice mean in the sentence?
What is unfair?
500
Print and cursive
What is antonym?
500
How many minutes should a student spend writing a draft on the ISTEP?