Reading Skills

What are antonyms?

• words that have opposite definitions

• words that have the same or similar definitions

• prefix

• suffix

What are context clues?

• words around an unknown word that help the reader understand what the word means.

• words that are the same

• words that are the opposite

What is making predictions?

• making an educational guess on what we think may happen based on prior knowledge and what we have read.

• finding the cause

• sequencing

What is the setting of a story?

• when and where a story takes place

• when

• where

• plot

Amber took a cookie away from her little sister. She tried to conceal the cookie by putting it in her pocket. She did not want her mom to see it.

What is the meaning of the word conceal?

• hide

• eat

• take

• tease

Which sentence uses correct punctuation?

• Where is my hat?

• Where is my hat.

• Where is, my hat?

• Where, is my hat?

What are characters in a story?

• the people or animals in a story.

• where and when a story takes place

• predicting

• context clues

What is author's purpose?

• why the author writes a story.

• context clues

• predicting

• synonyms

Is the author writing the story to:

• persuade, inform or entertain -PIE

• happy, fun enjoy

• play, into, easy

What is drawing conclusions?

• trying to predict what will happen next or what happened based on what was already read and prior knowledge.

• where or when

• why did the author write the story

• guessing what happened