GENRE
ABOUT A STORY
STRATEGY
PHONICS*
VOCAB STRATEGY
100
Has a main character who must complete a difficult task or journey Usually contains imaginary creatures Includes illustrations and has a happy ending
What is a fairy tale
100
Who or what the story is about
What is a character
100

Stop and ask these while reading to help you comprehend the text

What is questions

100
How many letters are in the alphabet?
What is 26
100
Words that have the same meaning
What are synonyms
200

A made up story that could really happen

What is realistic fiction

200

A character's actions make up the plot or events told in order as they happen in the story

What is the sequence of events

200

Use clues in the story to guess what happens next

What is make predictions

200
The letters of the alphabet make how many sounds?
What is 44
200
Look at other words in the same sentence to gain meaning from the text. This is called using a
What is a context clue
300
Gives facts and information about a topic
What is expository text
300

these signal words help you understand this strategy as because and as a result

What is cause and effect

300

Do this to retell the most important events in the story

What is summarize

300

ch wh sh ph th are all examples of these

What is digraphs

300

A word that has the opposite meaning of another word

What is a antonym

400

Tells a made up story of a real time in the past

What is Historical fiction

400

The most important point the author makes about a topic

What is main idea

400

Stop and think about the text. Does it make sense? IF not, go back and do this!

What is reread

400

What is the most sounds a vowel can make?

What is 4

400
the sun is a yellow ball is an example of a
What is a metaphor
500

A short story passed from parents to children in a culture

What is a folktale

500

Details that show what the author thinks

What is author's point of view

500

Do this to help you form pictures in your mind from the colorful words in the text

What is visualize

500

Name the 7 syllable types

What is open, closed, silent e, r control, consonant le, vowel team, diphthong

500

compares 2 very different things using like or as

What is a simile