Main Idea
What is the main idea of a story?
What the story is mostly about.
Who is a character?
A person, animal, or other being in a story.
What is a synonym?
A word that means the same or almost the same.
Where and when a story takes place is called the ______.
Setting.
What does infer mean?
To figure something out using clues and what you already know.
A story is mostly about a girl learning to ride a bike. What could be the main idea?
A girl learns how to ride a bike.
What is the main character?
The character the story is mostly about.
What is a synonym for happy?
Glad.
What is the problem in a story called?
The conflict or problem.
If a character is shivering and wearing a coat, what can you infer about the weather?
It is cold.
What question can you ask to help find the main idea?
“What is this mostly about?”
What can you learn about a character from what they say and do?
Their traits, feelings, or personality.
What is an antonym?
A word that means the opposite.
What is the solution?
How the problem is solved.
What does it mean to summarize a story?
Tell the most important parts in your own words.
The passage talks about how bees make honey, live in groups, and help plants grow. What is the main idea?
Bees are important insects that help plants and make honey.
If a character helps a friend who is having trouble, what character trait might they have?
Kind or helpful.
What is an antonym for enormous?
Tiny or small.
What are the beginning, middle, and end parts of a story called?
The plot or sequence of events.
Why do readers look for text evidence?
To support their answers with information from the text.
A passage explains how dogs can help people. It talks about guide dogs, therapy dogs, and dogs that help police officers. What is the main idea?
Dogs can help people in many different ways.
Maya notices that her new classmate is sitting alone, so she walks over and asks if she wants to play. What does this tell you about Maya?
Maya is friendly, kind, or caring.
Read the sentence: The boy was exhausted after running the race. What does exhausted most likely mean?
Very tired.
A character loses her library book. She searches her room, checks her backpack, and finally finds it under her bed. What is the problem in the story?
She lost her library book.
The text says, “Sam grabbed his umbrella before leaving the house. Dark clouds covered the sky.” What can you infer?
Sam thinks it might rain.