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By Victoria Wang

​Identify story elements

As you read,
think about a story's... ...

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resolve？

Multiple Choice

What is the story's setting?

• a house in a modern-day village by the ocean

• a home on a lake during a thunderstorm a long timeago

• a lighthouse on an island, in the days before electric lights

• a tall tower on a riverbank in the present day

​Time

Place

Environment

​Time

Place

Environment

​The front part of the article

Multiple Choice

Who is the main character in the story?

• Gillian

• Jacob

• Mother

• Father

Main Character: Gillian
Secondary Characters: Jacob, Father, Mother

​First

​Then

​After that

​Finally

​First

​Then

​First

​Then

​After that

​Finally

​After that

​Finally

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​Identify time-order words

Some time-order words tell you that a sentence is about the past, present, or future.

Time-order words

​1. We should go to the beach today.
2. Tomorrow we can stay home and watch a movie.
3. Emily recently learned how to sew.
4. Soon she'll be able to make her own Halloween costumes.

Some time-order words put events in order, step by step.

​1. First, I got out of bed. I got dressed next.
2. Andrew was studying in the library before his test. Afterward he played basketball in the park.

Multiple Choice

Find the two time-order words.

• once; today

• was; have

• was; today

• once; easier

Multiple Choice

Find the two time-order words.

• with; out

• covered; soon

• earlier; soon

• covered; will

Multiple Choice

Find the two time-order words.

• on; back

• currently; after

• vacation; call

• after; back

Multiple Choice

Find the three time-order words.

• first; Next; Lastly

• must; Next; would

• important; harmful; bandage

• first; Next; cover

Multiple Choice

Find the two time-order words.

• out; turn

• earlier; now

• went; turn

• went; now

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Prefixes- re; pre; mix

Multiple Choice

What does rewrite mean?

• write again

• write poorly

• write before

Multiple Choice

What does misdial mean?

• dial again

• dial incorrectly

Multiple Choice

What does preboards mean?

• boards again

• boards poorly

• boards before

Multiple Choice

What does reheated mean?

• heated poorly

• heated again

• heated before

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the best prefix.

• re

• pre

• mis

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the best prefix.

• re

• pre

• mis

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the best prefix.

• mis

• pre

• re

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the best prefix.

• mis

• re

• pre

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the best prefix.

• mis

• pre

• re

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the best prefix.

• mis

• re

• pre

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Nouns

person

Nouns

place

things

ideas

courages; happiness; wisdom...

A common noun

​a general type of person, place, thing, or idea. A common noun is not capitalized, except when it is the first word in a sentence.

A proper noun

​a specific person, place, or thing. A proper noun is always capitalized.

Multiple Choice

Look at the nouns in bold. Select the two common nouns.

• neighbor; family

• neighbor; Spanish

• family; Spanish

Multiple Choice

Select the two common nouns.

• porch; skunks

• skunks; December

• under; December

• skunks; our

Multiple Choice

Select all of the proper nouns.

• My cousins; Baker Street;White Rock Lake

• Baker Street;White Rock Lake; the park

• Baker Street;White Rock Lake

• White Rock Lake

Multiple Choice

Select all of the common nouns.

• largest; ocean; world

• ocean; world

• world

• ocean; world; Pacific Ocean

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By Victoria Wang

Read realistic fiction with illustrations

​First Part

Multiple Choice

What does Molly's mom suggest that Molly do?

• find some interesting crafts to do instead of playing video games

• use her birthday money from last year to buy the video game

• borrow the video game from her friends who own it

• make some money so that she can buy the video game

Second Part

Multiple Choice

Based on the story, which is most likely to happen next?

• Molly will earn money by selling silk daisies

• Molly will earn money by babysitting her sister.

• Molly will earn money by selling the bracelets she makes.

• Molly will earn money by braiding people's hair.

Third Part

Multiple Choice

How does Molly braid hair throughout the day? Use context clues in nearby text to help you figure out the meaning of the word 

"continuous".

• From time to time

• in the same way each time

• without stopping or pausing

• at different places or spots

Last Part

Multiple Choice

What is the most likely reason why Molly doesn't want to buy Neptune Escape that day?

• She is now trying to save up for a more expensive video game.

• She doesn't have enough money saved up yet.

• She is more excited about braiding hair than playing video games.

• She would rather spend the money on a video about fishtail braiding.

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By Victoria Wang

Context Clues

Inference（推理）：
词义没明说，靠整体语境猜

​Don’t want to work with Ricardo, unless you want to hear him talk about himself. He is so arrogant.

Definition（定义）：
文中直接解释

​Ricardo is so arrogant. He thinks he is more important than everyone else.

Example（举例）：
给例子辅助理解

​Ricardo is so arrogant. He is always bragging about how great he is at sports.

Antonym（反义）：
找相反词对比

​Ricardo is so arrogant. He needs to learn to be humble like his little brother Jose.

Synonym（同义）：
找近义词替换

​Ricardo is so arrogant, proud, self-centered, and over-bearing.

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By Victoria Wang

Homophones

​pail - pale

hole - whole

sail - sale

stair- stare

week - weak

ant - aunt

waist - waste

scent - sent

heard - herd

creak - creek

Multiple Choice

We saw a _____ of elephants by the river.

• heard

• herd

Multiple Choice

The potatoes were a ______ yellow color

• pail

• pale

Multiple Choice

When I was sick, I felt cold and ______

• weak

• week

Multiple Choice

An _____ has six legs and a large head.

• aunt

• ant

Multiple Choice

A _____ winds its way through the canyon.

• creak

• creek