Comprehension Skills

For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.

The Summary of this passage is:

• Jenny likes bright colors.

• Jenny was going to paint her room.

• Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.

• Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

A summary does what?

• nothing

• tells an opinion

• makes an educated guess

• is a shorter way to explain a text with important information or key points

Jack and Jill went up the hill. To fetch a pail of water.Jack fell down and broke his crown,and Jill came tumbling after....... summarize this

• Two kids playing on a hill

• Two children going to do a chore

• Jack dating Jill

• Two people rolling down hills

Looking through a Google search list is an example of...?

• Skimming

• Scanning

What does it mean to "infer" while reading?

• To read quickly without paying attention to details

• To memorize every fact in the story

• To draw conclusions based on clues in the text

• To ignore parts of the story you don't understand

How can you determine important information in a text?

• By focusing only on the first and last sentences

• By looking for repeated ideas or emphasized points

• By counting the number of words in each paragraph

• By reading only the dialogue between characters

What does "visualizing" mean when reading a story?

• Predicting what will happen next

• Creating pictures in your mind based on the text

• Asking questions about the story

• Finding the main idea of the passage

When is it most helpful to ask questions while reading?

• Only after finishing the entire book

• Never, because it interrupts the story

• Throughout the reading process to improve understanding

• Only when you don't know a word's meaning

Which of the following is an example of making a prediction while reading?

• Summarizing what you've read so far

• Thinking about how a character might react in the next chapter

• Identifying the author's purpose

• Looking up unfamiliar words in a dictionary

Which of the following would you use to find the meaning of an unfamiliar word in a book?

• Index

• Glossary

• Table of contents

• Chart