Reading Practice

To wiggle or twist from side to side

• lounge
• rap
• bustle
• squirm

Rush or hurry in an excited , noisy, busy way

• bustle
• ruckus
• debris
• volunteer

Letters that are added to the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning.

• Root word
• Prefix
• Suffix

Describe how two or more things are alike or the same (how alike)

• Compare
• Contrast
• Similarities

A term meaning the character's qualities.

• Traits
• Character Motivations
• Protagonist
• Conflict

Jake's family went on a camping trip. They went to a park by the ocean. They rode their bikes around the park and cooked their food over a fire outside. They saw some deer. They came home Sunday afternoon. 
What is the main idea? 

• They saw some deer
• Jake's family likes to camp
• Jake's family went on a camping trip
• They cooked their food outside

Soccer is known in some countries as football. It is a popular sport across the world, with over 200 countries playing the sport. It is estimated that over 250 million people, both men and women, play soccer. The sport has been part of the Olympic games from 1900 to 1928 and from 1936 to today.
 What is the main idea?

• Soccer is important at the Olympics.
• Soccer is a worldwide sport.
• Soccer is also called football.
• Soccer is played by men and women.

What is a FACT?

• Something someone thinks.

• Something someone feels.

• Something that you can prove.

• Something you eat for breakfast.

Years ago mothers couldn't always watch the tiny children who were just learning to walk. They tied a big soft pillow around the child's middle. This was called a "pudding." No matter how often the baby fell, he couldn't get hurt. You can infer that:

• mothers didn't like their little children

• mothers had a lot to do

• many children never learned to walk

Arlene turned the radio up full blast, but her brother told her to turn it down because he had a headache.

• so it exploded
• as loud as it would go
• quickly
• as quiet as it would go