Reading Skills Review

Reading Skills Review

Let's keep practicing our reading skills!

-Text Features

-Main idea

Text Features

Authors use text features when writing non-fiction text to make the information in the text easier to understand.

Multiple Choice

What would be the best heading for this section?

• A Young Boy

• Daily Problems

• No More School

• The Challenge of Epilepsy

Multiple Choice

Why does the author include this photograph?

• To ensure the reader knows what a Labrador Retriever is

• To show where Toby came from

• To help the reader visualize Toby and Ms. Rogers

• I don't know

Multiple Choice

The caption under the photograph explains -

• where the photograph was taken

• why the photograph was taken

• who is in the photograph

• I don't know

Main Idea

-The most important idea of the topic.

-It's the big idea of the topic.

-What the text is all about

What the text is all about?

-All the details talk about how nice April is.

Multiple Choice

A paper plane is a toy airplane made from paper. The paper is folded in a certain way so that the folded paper actually glides. This is a form of origami; the Japanese art of paper folding. Paper planes were used originally for testing real airplanes. Today the making of paper planes is a hobby and a craft.

What is the main idea?

• Toy planes can be made from folding paper.

• It can be dangerous to fold paper planes.

• The steps in folding a paper plane.

• I don't know

Multiple Choice

The toothbrush has a brush at the end of a handle. Toothpaste is commonly added to a toothbrush to help clean the teeth. Both toothpaste and toothbrushes come in many different colors. Nice toothbrushes can make tooth brushing fun and help your child on the way to perfect oral health.

What is the main idea?

• A toothbrush is for a dentist.

• You have to buy a nice toothbrush.

• A toothbrush is a tool to help you clean your teeth.

• I don't know

Multiple Choice

Coral snakes have notable red, yellow/white, and black colored banding. Most species of coral snakes are small in size. North American coral snakes average around 3 feet (91 cm) in length, but specimens of up to 5 feet (150 cm) or slightly larger have been reported. Aquatic species have flattened tails acting as a fin, aiding in swimming.

What is this paragraph mostly about?

• Different types of snakes.

• A description of different coral snakes.

• How coral snakes swim in the water.

• I don't know

Multiple Choice

The wind is fast,

the string is tight,

We’re all smiles

as we watch the kite.

This poem is about -

• A family going to the zoo to fly a kite.

• How to tie a string tight on a kite.

• Flying a kite.

• The wind.

Thank you !

For practicing reading skills!