STAAR Reading Vocabulary prep

What are text features? (a)  

• the parts of text that stand out
• The length of text
• the events that make up a story
• where the story takes place

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Write a word with the suffix LESS

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.4

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

Write a word with the prefix RE

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.2.4

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

Persuade

• convince

• inform

• to give facts

• to teach

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Setting

• The title of a story

• The problem

• The characters

• The place and time a story takes place.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

The homework is a mountain to climb.

• The homework is very hard.

• The homework is missing a question.

• The homework is easy.

• The homework is incomplete.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

SENSE OF TOUCH!

• F

• G

• H

• J

Answer explanation

Slapping and packing both involve using your HANDS. This is the sense of TOUCH.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

The moral of a story is

• the main idea of the

• The setting of the story

• a lesson about right and wrong

• The climax of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

The narrator

• is the protagonist of the story

• is the person who is telling the story

• is the author of the story

• is the main character of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

a free verse poem is

• poetry that rhymes all the time

• poetry that does not contain a regular rhyme or pattern

• poetry that is humorous

• poetry that tells a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5