BrainPOP Jr - Reading Nonfiction

What is a glossary?

• A. A list of the chapters in a book.

• B. The author of a book.

• C. The pictures in a book.

• D. A list of the important words in a book and their meanings.

Which of these is nonfiction?

• A. A fairy tale about a princess

• B. A poem about a flying cat

• C. A short story set on Jupiter

• D. A magazine article about desert plants

How can you show that you understand what you read?

• A. Explain it in your own words

• B. Copy what’s written in the book

• C. Forget what you read

• D. Not have any ideas about it

Why would you read captions?

• A. They tell you when the book was published.

• B. They list the chapters.

• C. They help explain the pictures.

• D. They list all the important words in the back of the book.

How are a glossary and a dictionary alike?

• A. Both tell you the meanings of words.

• B. Both tell you how to care for snakes.

• C. Both have hundreds of pages.

• D. Both are in the back of a nonfiction book.

Which of these titles is probably NOT for a nonfiction book?

• A. Birds of Australia

• B. The Life of Nelson Mandela

• C. Rabbit and Bear Learn To Cook

• D. How to Surf

What is NOT a helpful strategy when you come to a hard word in a book?

• A. You should swap books with your friends.

• B. Write it down and look up its meaning.

• C. Use the surrounding words as clues to help figure out what it means.

• D. Sound it out.

What could you do if you’re having trouble understanding a nonfiction book?

• A. Read it all the way through without stopping.

• B. Read faster.

• C. Read a small part and pause to think about it in your own words.

• D. Don’t look at the pictures.

How can you be sure a soccer book has information on goalie uniforms?

• A. You can look at the copyright.

• B. You can look at the table of contents or the index.

• C. You could summarize what you read.

• D. You could read the title.

How are a table of contents and an index alike?

• A. Both are in alphabetical order.

• B. Both list page numbers.

• C. Both list definitions of words.

• D. Both are in the beginning.