Informational Reading Wizard!

When you read to gain information, look for the __________. That is the most important idea of a passage, or what the passage is mainly about.

• summarizing

• main idea

• inference

• supporting details

Tags

TEKS.ELA.E1.4I

TEKS.ELA.RI.4C

TEKS.ELA.RI.4D

TEKS.ELA.RI.4E

TEKS.ELA.RI.4G

Then look for __________ that support, or back up, the main idea.

• details

• main idea

• inference

• summarizing

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.2.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.9D.I

When you __________, you tell the key ideas and leave out the ideas that are not as important.

• main idea

• details

• summarize

• none of these

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.2.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.9D.I

A __________ tells about people, events, or ideas of the past.

• historical text

• scientific text

• technical text

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.4.3

A ___________ give facts or information about the physical world.

• historical text

• scientific text

• technical text

• none of these

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.9D

TEKS.ELA.3.9D

TEKS.ELA.4.9D

TEKS.ELA.5.9D

TEKS.ELA.6.8D

A ___________ is the reason why something happens.

• summary

• cause

• effect

• inference

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.9D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.9D.III

TEKS.ELA.7.2B

TEKS.ELA.RI.9C

An __________ happens as a result.

• summary

• cause

• effect

• inference

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.9D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.9D.III

TEKS.ELA.7.2B

TEKS.ELA.RI.9C

Writers do not always fill in every detail -- they expect the readers to apply their own ideas to help them understand a text. You often need to make _________ when you read.

• summaries

• main ideas

• supporting details

• inferences

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.6C

TEKS.ELA.3.6F

TEKS.ELA.4.6C

TEKS.ELA.4.6F

TEKS.ELA.5.6C

You can use __________ to figure out what a word means. Look at the words before and after the unfamiliar word.

• context clues

• summaries

• main ideas

• inferences

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.3B

TEKS.ELA.3.3B

TEKS.ELA.4.3B

TEKS.ELA.5.3B

TEKS.ELA.6.2B

When you _________, you find ways things are alike.

• summarize

• compare

• contrast

• none of these