Using clues from text, making predictions while reading, using your background knowledge (or schema) to figure out what the author means.
What is infer?
100
do not = don't
should have = should've
I will = I'll
I am = I'm
will not = won't
What are contractions?
100
Category of text examples fiction, mystery, fantasy, informational, biography, realistic fiction)
What is a genre?
100
The events in a story- beginning, middle, and end.
What is Plot?
200
What happens in a story.
What is the plot?
200
When I check to make sure I understand what I am reading and take action.
What is monitor understanding?
200
Two words combined as one with an apostrophe.
Example I am = I'm
What is a contraction?
200
Headings, graphs, charts, diagrams, title page, labels, captions, keywords, table of contents, glossary, index, maps, guide words.
What are features of a nonfiction text?
200
A short retelling of a story or text.
What is summarize?
300
What a reading is mostly about-the big idea of the story
What is the main idea?
300
Reading is like a puzzle. I take the information from the text and what I already know and piece it all together to understand it and see the big picture.
What is synthesize?
300
A word with the exact same meaning
examples shimmer/sparkle
house/cottage
What is a synonym?
300
A genre of text-events that could never really happen.
What is Fantasy?
300
The person who draws pictures for a story.
Who is the illustrator?
400
A text that is real and true.
What is non-fiction?
400
Read it again, look at the picture, sound out the word, look for chunks, skip it, read on, think about words I know, or think about what makes sense.
What are fix-it strategies?
400
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things.
What are homophones?
400
A reference book with definitions in ABC order.
What is a dictionary?
400
Who is telling the story-first person/3rd person.
What is Point of View?
500
A sentence that introduces the topic of a report or "hooks the reader".
What is a topic sentence?
500
To decide if the information is important or just interesting.