Text Features
What text feature gives you the meaning of important words
Glossary
What does the main idea tell?
What the story is mostly about
What are the 5 W words
who, what, when, where, why
Who are the characters in the text?
People or animals in the story
What is a theme?
What the author wants you to learn from the text
What text feature names and labels important parts of a picture
Diagram
What are the sentences called that support the main idea?
Key Details
Form a question using "why"
Ex. Why are we racing?
What is a problem?
Something that goes wrong in the text.
What is a synonym for theme
moral, lesson, central message
Name the text feature tells what's in a picture
Caption
Name one way to find the main idea in a text.
Look at the pictures
Read the first and last sentence
Look at the title
Form a question using "where"
Where are they going?
What is a setting?
Where the story takes place?
Name one story with a moral or lesson
The Lion and the Mouse
Name the text feature that is in every informational and literature text
Title
What example did we use to help us to find the main idea in a text?
Pizza and Toppings
Form a question using "when"
When are we going to leave?
What is introduced in the beginning of the story?
Characters and Setting
What was the Lesson in the story the Lion and the Mouse?
Never judge a book by it's cover
What was the name of the story that we read that included a subheading, caption, title, and had a cow on top of the house?
Sod House
If we want to find the main idea in paragraph 2 what is the first step?
Read the first sentence in paragraph 2
Form a question using "who"
Who are the characters in the story?
Form a sentence using how?
Ex. How are you doing
What is the theme of the story "The Tortoise and the Hare?"
Slow and steady wins the race