ELA Benchmark 1 review

Match the following words to their definition

• Decoding

• sounding out words

• Previewing

• Looking at the pictures and chapter titles to help you understand the book before you read it.

• Visualizing

• Imagining a story in your head

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CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.4A

If you are reading a story and you notice you do not understand what is happening, what should you do?

• Just keep reading

• Walk away from the book

• Get irritated

• Go back and re-read parts of the story closely

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CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF 4.3.A

CCSS.RF.3.4B

Good writers write one draft perfect the first time. Good writers do not need to write multiple drafts.

Are these statements true or false?

• true

• false

Answer explanation

Good writing usually involves multiple drafts

Match the stages of the writing process with what happens in each stage.

• Prewriting

• List all of your ideas

• Publishing

• Your work is finished, corrected and ready for others to read.

• Drafting

• Make sure the spelling and grammar and punctuation are correct

• Revising

• Make changes to how the story is organized

• Editing

• Write the story with a beginning, middle and end

Match the terms with the definitions

• Match me with #3

• English that is more relaxed and used when talking to a friend or family

• Standard English

• Correct and Formal English that is used when speaking to respected people or people you do not know.

• Slang

• #3

How do good readers make inferences?

• Make a guess using clues from the text and what you already know.

• Make a guess from no information at all.

• Skip till the end and find the answer.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which of these things helps you make good inferences?

• the color of the pages

• key details in the story

• how long the book is

• what the author's name is

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

Which part of a story is most often used to create a story's mood?

• characters

• plot

• setting

• title

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun and other words in the sentence. A preposition describes where, when or how something is happening. Which word is a preposition?

• around

• ran

• fast

• blue

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun and other words in the sentence. A preposition describes where, when or how something is happening. Which sentence contains a preposition?

• I looked under the bed.

• I ran and ran and ran.

• I am the biggest, fastest, baseball player ever!

• My aunt has a blue dress.

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CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E