Show:
Setting & Character
Problem & Solution
Prediction
Drawing Conclusions
Sequence & Retell
100
What is the definition of setting?
When and where a story takes place.
100
What is the definition of plot?
The problem and the solution.
100
What is the definition of prediction?
Prediction is making a reasonable guess about what will happen next.
100
What is the definition of drawing conclusions?
Drawing conclusions is when you make a reasonable guess about something in the story.
100
What is the definition of sequence?
Sequence means in order.
200
What is the definition of character?
Who the story is about.
200
What is the definition of problem?
What goes wrong in the story.
200
On the way to Sam's baseball game, he found a boy who had fallen off his bike and was bleeding. He new the boy needed help getting home. But if he stopped to help he would be later for the game. Sam thought about it and knew he had to do the right thing. What do you predict Sam did next?
I predict Sam helped the boy get home because that is the right thing to do.
200
What are the two things we use to help us draw conclusions?
Clues from the story and our background knowledge.
200
What is the definition of retell?
Retell means to tell the important parts of a story in our own words.
300
What are the three characteristics of a character?
How a character looks, how a character acts, and how a character feels.
300
What is the definition of solution?
How the problem is fixed.
300
Mia was laying on the top bed of her bunk beds. She rolled over too far and fell of the top bunk. "Ow! My arm!" yelled Mia. Her mom came to look. Mia was crying and couldn't move her arm. "It might be broken!" said her mom. What do you predict will happen next?
I predict Mia's mom will take her to the hospital.
300
Everyone was having fun at Cassidy's house. There was cake and ice-cream to eat after they played games. Everyone watched Cassidy unwrap gifts. Draw a conclusion about the story to answer the question. You can tell that: a.) Cassidy had a birthday party. b.) Cassidy had a Halloween party.
a.) Cassidy had a birthday party.
300
What are the 5 parts of a retell?
1. Setting 2. Characters 3. Beginning 4. Middle 5. End
400
David was sent to a time out after he broke a window. He sat in the corner and began to cry. Who is the character? AND How is the character feeling?
The character is David. David is feeling sad.
400
Ms. Perrone knocked over her juice and it spilled all over the table. She got paper towels and cleaned up her mess. What is the problem?
Ms. Perrone knocked over her juice and it spilled all over the table.
400
Kiki was invited to a costume party. She wanted to go very much but her mother said a new costume would cost too much. Kiki looked through all of the closets for ideas. Then she spotted some wings from an old halloween costume! What do you predict Kiki will go to the party as?
(Accept any reasonable answer.)
400
Tonya came home from school. She got her jump rope and went outside. "Now I can jump rope and have some fun!" said Tonya. Draw a conclusion about the story to answer the question. You can tell that: a.) Tonya doesn't like school. b.) Tonya likes to jump rope.
b.) Tonya likes to jump rope.
400
Mary went to the bathroom to brush her teeth. First she put the toothpaste on her toothbrush. Next, she brushed her teeth. Finally, she put her toothbrush away. What happened first? What happened next? What happened last?
What happened first? She put the toothpaste on her toothbrush. What happened next? She brushed her teeth. What happened last? She put her toothbrush away.
500
Ms. Jones got into her car to go to work. Her car was cold and the windshield was covered in frost. She turned up the heat so she could get warm. What is the setting? (ALL PARTS!)
Ms. Jones' car, in the morning **during the winter!
500
Jada broke her pencil while she was writing. She put up 3 fingers, and Ms. Stamato brought her a new one. What is the problem? What is the solution?
The problem is Jada broke her pencil while she was writing. The solution is she put up 3 fingers, and Ms. Stamato brought her a new one.
500
Keshawn walks Chanel to school every day. Today, Chanel is crying. Chanel forget her panda for show-and-tell. Keshawn cannot get his sister to stop crying. What do you predict Keshawn will do? a.) Keshawn will send Chanel home by herself to get it. b.) Keshawn will leave Chanel on the sidewalk crying. c.) Keshawn will take Chanel home to get the panda.
c.) Keshawn will take Chanel home to get the panda.
500
Mac had a red bike. He wanted to have a blue bike. He went in the garage and got paint. Mac worked all day and was pleased with his work. Draw a conclusion about the story to answer the question. You can tell that: a.) Mac got a new bike. b.) Mac painted his bike blue.
b.) Mac painted his bike blue.
500
The story, The Two Friends, began in the forest during the day. The characters in the story are the two friends and the bear. One friend climbed in the tree and the other friend laid still on the ground. The bear came over and sniffed the friend on the ground. The bear went away and the friend was okay! What is wrong with my retell?
You did not use sequence words!