Fact/Opinion
Humble High is the best school in Texas.
What is...
It is an opinion.
Pete called Ted on Tuesday afternoon and invited him to come to his house after dinner to watch a movie. It had been a long, boring day, and Ted was excited to have something to do. After dinner, he hopped on his bike and pedaled over to Pete's house. The house was dark, and when he rang the bell, there was no answer. Ted turned around, hopped back on his bike, and rode home. Make an inference about why Ted rode home.
What is "Nobody was home".
Jay was in a pie eating contest. He wanted to win. The winner would be the person who could eat the most pie in twenty minutes. The winner would get a prize. After twenty minutes, no one had eaten as many pies as Jay. Make a prediction about what will happen in the contest.
What is...
"Jay will win the contest and get a prize".
There are many different kinds of bears in the world. Black bears live in North America. Grizzly bears also live in North America. They are very dangerous. The white Polar bear lives in the Arctic. The biggest bear is the Kodiak bear that is found in Alaska.
What is the main idea of this text passage?
A. Bears live in North America and Alaska.
B. Bears are dangerous and harmless.
C. There are many kinds of bears on Earth.
What is...
" C.There are many kinds of bears on Earth."
Write a one to two sentence summary of the reading passage below. Be sure to consider the S.W.B.S.T (somebody, wanted, but, so, and then):
Once upon a time there lived a lion in a forest. One day after a heavy meal, it was sleeping under a tree. After a while, there came a mouse and it started to play on the lion. Suddenly the lion got up with anger and looked for those who disturbed its nice sleep. Then it saw a small mouse standing trembling with fear. The lion jumped on it and started to kill it. The mouse requested the lion to forgive it. The lion felt pity and left it. The mouse ran away. Next time he passed by the lion as it was sleeping, he kept on walking.
What is...
A lion wanted to kill a mouse that disturbed him. So, he jumped on it. But he decided to forgive it because he felt pity for it. Then, the mouse fled and never bothered the lion again.
S.W.B.S.T
Northside Elementary has 421 students in kindergarten through 5th grade.
What is...
It is a fact.
Sara walked into the large room. The woman behind the desk smiled at her. Sara looked around. There were hundreds of magazines in the room. There were thousands of books! Other children were in the room sitting and reading books. Sara walked up to the woman. "Can you help me find a book?" she asked. Make an inference about where Sara is located.
What is "Sara is in the library."
Julie and her mother went shopping. First, they went to the bank. Inside the bank there was a large box where money was kept. Julie's mother told Julie not to touch the box or an alarm would go off. Her mother was nice and understanding, but she liked for her daughter to follow her rules. She warned her that she would be grounded at home if she touched it. Julie touched the box by mistake. Make a prediction about what will happen.
What is...
"An alarm will go off and Julie's mother will consider grounding Julie".
Bats are fascinating animals. They are not birds, they are flying mammals. Some bats eat fruit, others eat insects. Bats are experts at flying. They use a system called echolocation to fly quickly in the dark.
Which is the main idea of this text passage?
A. Bats are flying mammals.
B. Bats are fascinating animals.
C. Some bats eat fruit.
What is...
"B. Bats are fascinating animals."
Write a one to two sentence summary of the reading passage below. Be sure to consider the S.W.B.S.T (somebody, wanted, but, so, and then):
Once, a wolf was very hungry. It looked for food here and there. But it couldn't get any. At last it found a loaf of bread and piece of meat in the hole of a tree.The hungry wolf squeezed into the hole. It ate all the food. It was a woodcutter's lunch. He was on his way back to the tree to have lunch. But he saw there was no food in the hole, instead, a wolf. On seeing the woodcutter, the wolf tried to get out of the hole. But it couldn't. Its tummy was swollen. The woodcutter caught the wolf and gave it nice beatings.
Write a one sentence summary of the expository text below considering the 5 W's (who, what, where, when, why, how):
The ocean’s water is moving constantly, pushed by prevailing winds. The winds create ocean currents; that is, water moving in one direction. Ocean currents flow in circular patterns. In the northern hemisphere, currents move in a clockwise direction, and in the southern hemisphere, they move in a counter-clockwise direction.
What is...
A hungry wolf wanted food but couldn't get any. But he found a woodcutter's lunch in a tree hole, and ate it. So when the woodcutter returned to the hole, he saw the wolf instead of his food. The wolf tried to get out of the hole, but he couldn't because his tummy was swollen. Then, the woodcutter caught the wolf and beat him!
Winds create ocean currents that flow in two different circular patterns in the northern and southern hemisphere.
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It is easy to learn how to write your name.
What is..
It is an opinion.
Nina held the glass jar very carefully. The teacher told the students to be careful because the experiment could explode. Slowly, Nina poured the green liquid into a glass jar. She wiped the edge of the jar and set it on the table. Next, she picked up the tube of red liquid. She measured one drop of it. Nina then carefully added the red drop to the green liquid. Make an inference about the class Nina is in.
What is "Nina is in science class".
Tami loved biking. She had biked in all kinds of weather. She had been planning this bike trip for weeks. Today was going to be great. She woke up early and looked out the window. It was raining! Make a prediction about what will happen next.
What is "Tami will go on her bike trip even though it is raining, because she has biked in all kinds of weather".
Many types of bacteria are helpful. For example, some are able to take nitrogen from the air. They then put it into the soil. This makes the soil better for growing plants. Some bacteria are helpful in making cheese. Other bacteria are helpful in making vinegar.
What is the main idea of this text passage?
A. Bacteria puts nitrogen from the air into the soil.
B. Bacteria helps make food.
C. Some types of bacteria benefit humans.
What is...
"C. Some types of bacteria benefit humans."
Write a one sentence summary of the expository text below considering the 5 W's 1H:
(who, what, where, when, why, how)
The source of all energy for ecosystems is the Sun. It lights and warms the surface of our planet. It gives the energy needed to evaporate water from the oceans and lakes, to form rain and snow. Sunlight also provides the energy used by green plants to make the compounds that maintain their lives and serve as food for all other organisms.
What is...
The sun and its light provides warmth and energy to earth and its organisms.
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Ice cream is kept cold in a freezer.
What is...
It is a fact.
There are many different ways of going to school. Some children go to school by radio. The teacher talks to the children over the radio. The children can talk back to the teacher. In some desert countries, children go to school in tents. They people move across the desert, carrying the tent school with them. In some hot countries, children go to school outside all year long. They do not sit in buildings. The sit on the grass. Make an inference about why children in hot countries go to school outside all year long.
What is "It would be too hot to have school inside a building that does not have an air conditioner".
Rose filled a large glass with some milk for her younger sister, Pamela, to drink. Pamela had never poured her own drink before. However, Pamela wanted to drink from a smaller glass. When Rose left the kitchen, Pamela got a smaller glass. "I'm going to pour all the milk from the big glass into the small glass," Pamela said. Make a prediction about what will happen.
What is "Pamela's glass will be too small to hold all of the milk, so she will make a mess".
Our solar system is very large. It includes the eight planets that turn around the sun. These planets include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. There are also hundreds of thousands of smaller objects in this system. They are called asteroids. Each asteroid is much smaller than any of the eight large planets.
What is the main idea of this text passage?
A. Our solar system is made up of the Sun, the nine large planets and many asteroids.
B. There are eight large planets in our solar system.
C. Pluto used to be a planet but now is a dwarf planet.
What is...
"A. Our solar system is made up of the Sun, the nine large planets and many asteroids."
Write a one sentence summary of the expository text below considering the 5 W's (who, what, where, when, why, how):
Sharks use many senses to catch their prey. They have a keen sense of smell and hearing that helps them track the scent and sounds of injured fish and mammals. Their eyes are similar to a cat’s eyes, which allows them to hunt in murky water. Sharks also have some extra-special senses. They can feel vibrations and movement in water through the fine hairs on special tubes under their skin. Around their snouts is a group of cells called electro-receptors that help them detect the signals put out by prey.
What is...
Sharks use four of five senses to hunt and catch prey.
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It is a beautiful 65 degree day outside.
What is...
It is an opinion.
Today was a special day in Ms. Smith’s class. Some of the children were walking around the room, some of them were standing in small groups, and some of them were at their desks, putting finishing touches on cardboard mailboxes. They had spent the day decorating their mailboxes with hearts and cupids. After coloring a cool blue heart on his mailbox, Johnny hopped off his chair, strutted over to Veronica’s desk, and tried to drop a small white envelope into her pink mailbox. Veronica blushed and played with her hair as she watched him do this. When he looked up at her face, he blushed too. What can you infer about either Johnny or Veronica's feelings?
What is... "Johnny has a crush on Veronica".
- OR- "Veronica has a crush on Johnny".
The earth's movement of turning around the sun once each year is called the earth's revolution. The four seasons of winter, spring, summer and fall are caused by this action. The four seasons do not always happen at the same time at different places around the world. One reason for this is that the earth is tilted as it moves. Make a prediction about what would happen to the seasons if the earth stopped revolving.
What is "If the earth stopped revolving, we wouldn't have seasons".
Honeybees form large hives. There are thousands of bees in a hive. One bee is the queen. She lays the eggs. Some bees gather nectar and pollen from flowers to make honey. Other bees protect the hive. Some bees keep the hive clean. Still other bees help the queen. Each bee has a special job to do in the bee hive.
What is the main idea of this text passage?
A. Bees work together to make honey.
B. Each bee has a responsibility to perform in a beehive.
C. The queen is the most important bee.
What is...
B."Each bee has a responsibility to perform in a beehive."
Write a one sentence summary of the expository text below considering the 5W's 1H:
(who, what, where, when, why, how)
The world was shocked by the frequent use of weapons of mass destruction such as gas. As early as 1914, gas was employed on the battlefield. The main types of gas were chlorine and mustard gas. Chlorine gas produced violent choking and death while mustard gas left horrible internal and external burns. Even those soldiers who survived gas attacks were often left with disfiguring scars or damaged lungs that often resulted in an early death.
What is...
The use of gas as as a weapon of mass destruction shocked the world because the gases caused permanent physical damage and death to soldiers who were exposed to it.
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