Informational Reading

When you read to gain information, look for the __________. That is the most important idea of a passage, or what the passage is mainly about.

• summarizing

• main idea

• inference

• supporting details

Tags

CCSS.RF 4.3.A

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4B

Then look for __________ that support, or back up, the main idea.

• details

• main idea

• inference

• summarizing

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

When you __________, you tell the key ideas and leave out the ideas that are not as important.

• main idea

• details

• summarize

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

A ___________ give facts or information about the physical world.

• historical text

• scientific text

• technical text

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

A __________ often gives directions or other specific information.

• historical text

• scientific text

• technical text

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Writers do not always fill in every detail -- they expect the readers to apply their own ideas to help them understand a text. You often need to make _________ when you read.

• summaries

• main ideas

• supporting details

• inferences

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

You can use __________ to figure out what a word means. Look at the words before and after the unfamiliar word.

• context clues

• summaries

• main ideas

• inferences

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

You will find chronological connections that show the __________, or order of events.

• cause

• effect

• main idea

• sequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

To identify a _________ , ask yourself, "What is causing the trouble?"

• main idea

• inference

• problem

• solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What is the purpose of the author including supporting details in a nonfiction text?

• They help provide more information about the central idea(s) of a text.

• They give the reader more knowledge about the topic of the text.

• They help the reader identify the central idea(s) of a text.

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1