Grammar
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun.
What does the beginning of every sentence need to start with?
A capital letter
What does the suffix -ly do to the word happy?
What does it mean?
Happily.
Full of happiness.
What will I use when writing if I don't know the meaning or spelling of a word?
My handy-dandy Dictionary.
Spell the opposite of day
night
What is cause and effect?
One thing makes another thing happen
What is a prefix?
a word part that goes at the beginning of a word
What is a noun (4)?
A person, place, thing or animal
What does the prefix re mean?
How many books should you read this summer?
As many as you can.
Spell the opposite of go
stop
What type of text is full of facts?
nonfiction
What is a suffix?
A word part that goes at the end of a word
How many syllables does the word magnetism have?
4
When you finish writing an answer on a test, what should you do?
Proofread your answer.
What are the 5 senses?
Taste, touch, sight, smell, hearing
Spell the opposite of ugly
beautiful
What does sequence of events mean?
The order of events in a story
What is the past tense of hope?
hoped
What should always go at the end of a sentence?
Punctuation. (.!?)
When answering a comprehension question, how should you begin your answer?
Restate the question!
Who is the author of The Witches?
Roald Dahl
Spell the opposite of sunny
cloudy
What does it mean to make an inference?
It means to figure something out in a story by looking at text evidence and thinking about what you already know to come up with the inference.
What is a verb?
An action word!
What is a verb?
An action word
If a question asks what the main character meant when he said something in paragraph 3, what should you do?
Reread paragraph 3!
What does speechless mean?
Not able to speak.
Spell the opposite of noisy
quiet
What is the main idea of a text?
What are words that sound the same but are spelled different?
homophones
What do you call a command sentence?
Imperative
What series of books did we read and then vote on?
Forest of Reading
What are context clues?
Hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words.
Spell the opposite of huge
tiny
What is a prediction?
An educated or informed guess about what will happen next in the story.