Reading Comprehension Skills Practice

When you are finding the main idea of a text, you want to look for a common

• theme or idea

• character

• school work

• word

When you are summarizing a text, it is important to...

• come up with new information

• stick to the key ideas

• tell about a different story

Christmas falls on December 25

• Fact

• Opinion

Ms. Van Impe thinks coffee is the best.

• Fact

• Opinion

A summary is when you want to

• Start a new adventure

• Give the names of every single character in the story

• Wrap it up and give key details

• Nothing

Sequencing requires you to

• Ask for help

• Put events from the story in an order or a list

• Dance

• Retell the story

Making Inferences means

• Make up information

• Tell your friend a secret

• Make an educated guess based on background information

In Ontario, there is no school in July.

• Fact

• Opinion

My new rubber boots are awesome!

• Fact

• Opinion

First, Next, Then are all words we see when we are

• Summarizing

• Looking for Facts or Opinions

• Finding the Main Idea

• Sequencing