MCA Reading Vocabulary

Compare & Contrast

• putting events in the story in order

• explaining how events relate to each other
• describing how things are similar and different

• describing what a character thinks or feels

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Cause & Effect

• explaining how events relate to each other
• describing what the characters are like
• describing what a character thinks or feels
• describing what the author thinks or feels

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Character Traits

• why Ms. Wredberg is the coolest teacher ever

• describing what the characters are like

• describing what the author thinks or feels
• making a picture in your mind while you read

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Character's Point of View

• finding a fact in the passage

• describing what the author thinks or feels
• making a picture in your mind while you read
• describing what a character thinks or feels

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.9

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Author's Point of View

• describing what the author thinks or feels
• making a picture in your mind while you read
• guessing what something means based on clues
• guessing what will happen next based on clues

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Visualizing the Text

• making a picture in your mind while you read
• guessing what something means based on clues
• guessing what will happen next based on clues
• putting the events of a store in time order

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.4A

CCSS.RF.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.4C

Making Inferences

• guessing what will happen next based on clues

• guessing based on the pictures in a book

• guessing what something means based on clues

• the message of the story or the lesson that the characters learn

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Making Predictions

• the message of the story or the lesson that the characters learn

• putting the events of a store in time order
• seeing the future

• guessing what will happen next based on clues

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Sequence of Events

• putting the events of a store in time order
• the message of the story or the lesson that the characters learn
• explaining how the characters solved a problem
• finding what the text is mostly about

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Theme

• describing how things are similar and different

• the message of the story or the lesson that the characters learn

• finding what the text is mostly about
• describing what the characters are like

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9