Which word means "not happy"?

What is a fable?

Which of the following is a characteristic of a fairy tale?

What is the main purpose of an informational text?

Which of the following is usually found in an informational text?

What is the central idea of a text?

Which of the following is an example of a supporting detail?

What is a multimodal text?

Which of the following is a digital text?

Choose the word that means "full of joy."

If you add the prefix "dis-" to the word "agree," what does the new word mean?

Which word means "not finished"?

What does the suffix "-ness" do to the word "kind"?

Read the short story: "The fox tricked the crow to get the cheese. The crow learned not to trust strangers." What type of story is this?

Which of these is a characteristic of a legend?

Which of the following best describes a myth?

Which of these is a feature you might find in an informational text?

If you are reading an informational text about whales, which of these would be a supporting detail?

Which of the following would help you find the central idea of a paragraph?

Which of these is an example of a multimodal text?

How can you tell if a text is digital?

Read the sentence: "The nonliving things in the garden include rocks and soil." What does "nonliving" mean?

Which word means "having the quality of being messy"?

You read a folktale where a clever rabbit tricks a lion. What lesson might this story teach?

A story says, "Long ago, a giant created the mountains with his hands." What type of story is this, and why?

You are reading an informational text about rainforests. The main idea is "Rainforests are important for the Earth." Which sentence supports this idea?

You are reading a digital text about space. It has videos, pictures, and sound. How do these features help you understand the information better?

You read an informational text about penguins. The central idea is "Penguins are well adapted to cold weather." Which detail best supports this idea?

You are reading a multimodal text about volcanoes. It has a diagram showing how lava flows. Why is the diagram helpful?

IDENTIFY THE MAIN IDEA

Before you put on that skeleton costume and rove door-to-door pandering for candy, take a minute to reflect on this tradition. Halloween is believed to have come from an ancient Celtic festival dating back some 2,000 years. November 1st was the Celtic New Year and marked the end of summer to the Celts. They celebrated on its eve by wearing costumes made of animal skins and dancing around bon fires. Over the next two millennia, this primitive celebration grew to be the candy fueled costume ball that we know today.

What's the main idea?

The picture shows me the...

Brady knew he wasn't the star athlete on the baseball team, but that didn't stop him! Every day, he and his Dad would head outside for some epic throwing and hitting practice. The other kids seemed to have a natural knack for the game, always knowing exactly what to do. Brady, on the other hand, had to strategize: Where should he throw the ball? When should he make a daring steal? But with each practice, he got better and better. By the end of the season, he snagged the 'Most Improved' award! What is the theme of Brady's story?

_________ the people or animals the story is about.

Oliver thought it would be hilarious to hide Luna’s book bag. One day, he sneakily took it from the back of the room and tossed it behind the bookcase. As the day wrapped up, Luna was frantically searching everywhere. The teacher joined in the hunt and asked the class if anyone had seen the book bag. Oliver, of course, stayed silent. After about ten minutes of searching, the teacher called for the principal to come and help. Oliver had already told the teacher he had no clue where it was, so what was he going to tell the principal? He should have just returned it right away when Luna was looking. What is the theme?

Torin was excited to play at the park. When he arrived, he saw his friends Daniel and Aria picking up litter. They asked Torin if he wanted to join them. “No thanks,” he replied, eager to play on the swings. But when he reached the swings, he noticed all the trash around. Feeling inspired, he went back to his friends and offered to help. They were thrilled to have another pair of hands. What is the theme?

Jorge had to go to the eye doctor and get glasses. At school the next day, he took them off for recess and left them outside. When he arrived home that day his mom asked where his glasses were and Jorge told her he lost them at school. She made him mow the yard and take out the trash to earn money for a new pair.

What is the theme?

What is the term used to describe the events or what happens in the story?

Who are the people in a story?

What part of the story ties up loose ends?

What do we call the movement from conflict to solution throughout a story?

What is the theme of the story "A Good Bad Day"?

what happened on the second day

what happened on the second day

A Dog was carrying a bone home. He saw his reflection in the water and thought it was another dog with a bigger bone. He dropped his bone to get the other one and lost it. What lesson does this story teach?

How can you find out what the story is about?

What does "theme" refer to in a story?

What is a setting?

A story that could NEVER happen.

A fictitious, highly fanciful story, usually intended for children, that includes a moral stance or warning against danger.

The passage talks about how trees shade us from the sun. What does the word shade mean?

If you predict that a developing theme in a story is "friendship," what type of evidence would best support this prediction?

If you predict that a developing theme in a story is "friendship," what type of evidence would best support this prediction?

The time and place of a story is called the _______.

The problem of the story.

What is the resolution in a story?

a story that could have happened, but didn't

Angie loved to draw very colorful pictures, but she lost her own markers, so she borrowed her teacher’s. The school day was ending, but Angie wanted to keep coloring, so she took the teacher’s markers home and lost them in her messy room. She came back to school the next day and wanted to color again, so she asked the teacher for more markers. The teacher replied, “Sure, Angie, but this is my last pack.” Angie said she would be careful, but by the end of the day the markers were scattered all over the floor and the custodian swept them up and disposed of them. When Angie came in the next day, she asked the teacher for more markers, but she was disappointed to find that there weren’t any more. “I don’t know where all of my markers went,” said the teacher, “but I don’t have them.” Angie had to draw her pictures with only a pencil. What is the THEME of this story?

Part of the plot when the problem is solved

In a spell of dry weather, when the Birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck, and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the water. The poor thing felt as if he would die of thirst. Then an idea came to him. Picking up some small pebbles, he dropped them into the pitcher one by one.

Which text best supports the theme?

One summer's day, a merry Grasshopper was dancing, singing and playing his violin with all his heart. He saw an Ant passing by working hard to store food for the winter. “Come and sing with me instead of working so hard,” said the Grasshopper “Let’s have fun together.” “I must store food for the winter,” said the Ant,“ and I advise you to do the same.” “Don’t worry about winter, it’s still very far away,” said the Grasshopper, laughing at him. But the Ant wouldn’t listen and continued to work. When winter came, the starving Grasshopper went to the Ant’s house and humbly begged for something to eat. “If you had listened to my advice in the summer you would not now be in need,” said the Ant. “I’m afraid you will have to go without supper,” and he closed the door.

Which text best supports the theme?

The people, animals, or creatures in a story are called...

Identify the genre:

Stories that have a moral or lesson. Animals often speak as humans in these stories.

This gives what is the story about and gives you interest to read the story more.

The name of the story

What is the term for the problem in the story?

conclusion of a story’s plot;

located in a story after the climax;

how the problem is solved

people, animals, or creatures that appear in a story

feeling comfortable and warm

What is a setting?

Three flies see a honey pot. Two flies land in the honey to eat. The oldest fly stays back. The two flies tease the older fly, but then get stuck.

What is the lesson of this story?

Who are the people in a story?

The problem in a story is called the ________.

Jake loved his phone and was always looking at it. His parents would try to talk to him, but he would just ignore them. When he was at school, he'd sneak peeks at his phone under his desk when no one was looking. When he was at his friend's house, he spent more time on his phone than with his friend. One day Jake was watching a funny video of people doing tricks with their dogs while he was walking home. He began crossing the street and was so into the video that he did not notice the oncoming traffic. Jake was suddenly hit by a car. He had mild injuries, but his phone was destroyed. Jake quickly realized that he didn't need to be on his phone so much. What happened in the story that helped you find the theme? Think about the author's message.

Jess was not happy that she had to sit beside Ben. He was loud and silly, he talked all the time, and his desk was always messy. She promised herself that she would ignore him and never make contact. That is until one morning.. THUD! When Jess heard this loud noise, she looked up to see Ben had tripped over a chair that should have been pushed in. He was suddenly laying on the floor, and his papers were strewed everywhere. Jess rushed over to him. Despise Ben's obnoxious behavior, Jess helped him up and picked up all of his papers. "No worries, Ben, that chair was in your way," Jess said. That afternoon during recess, Ben thanked Jess for helping him. Jess realized that Ben was actually nice, and that she had never taken the time to get to know him. Jess and Ben had each found a new friend.

Caden knew how to spell big words, and he knew what the

words meant. When he took the vocabulary test in class last week, he was the first kid in the class to finish. He turned it in quickly and didn’t check his work. When the teacher told him his grade, Caden’s face turned bright red. He had failed. She told him that he could retake it. Caden took his time and checked his work. When the teacher gave him his grade, it was a perfect score, just like he wanted.

What is the resolution of this story?

Characters that stay the same throughout the story are?

The beginning of a story where setting, characters, and conflict are introduce

The people or creatures who appear in a story are known as what?

One summer's day, a merry Grasshopper was dancing, singing and playing his violin with all his heart. He saw an Ant passing by working hard to store food for the winter. “Come and sing with me instead of working so hard,” said the Grasshopper “Let’s have fun together.” “I must store food for the winter,” said the Ant,“ and I advise you to do the same.” “Don’t worry about winter, it’s still very far away,” said the Grasshopper, laughing at him. But the Ant wouldn’t listen and continued to work. When winter came, the starving Grasshopper went to the Ant’s house and humbly begged for something to eat. “If you had listened to my advice in the summer you would not now be in need,” said the Ant. “I’m afraid you will have to go without supper,” and he closed the door. What is the theme?

the way the characters solve the problem

In the story, A Bad Case of Stripes, what happens to Camilla on the first day of school?

Paul Bunyan is a story about a giant lumberjack; his story told through oral tradition in US

What is conflict?

What are supporting details?

What is a supporting detail?

Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer. Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball. They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score. Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates.

What are the supporting details in the passage?

What is a supporting detail of the paragraph?

There are many changes that come with spring.

Africa is home to many kinds of animals.

Robots are being used in sumo wrestling contests. Sumo wrestling is a sport that started in Japan. It takes place in a ring. Two players try to score points by holding each other down or pushing each other out of the ring. Robot sumo uses robots instead of humans. The robot that scores the most points wins.

Which of the following is a supporting detail of this paragraph?

The eel looks somewhat like a snake.

NAME THE CORRECT TEXT STRUCTURE.

The Magic Kingdom is the first built

of four theme parks at Walt Disney

World. It opened on October 1971,

and the park features rides and shows

related to major Disney characters

and fairy tales. Symbols of The Magic

Kingdom include Cinderella’s Castle,

Main Street USA, and rides like the

famous Space Mountain coaster.

The theme is a lesson learned; the moral of the story.

"You can do it!" shouted her father, as he pushed Chloe and let go. She was going on her own, but suddenly fell. She cried, but said, "Again, daddy!" This time she went farther but fell into the ditch. A few moments later, she was riding down the street, smiling from ear to ear.

Which best represents the theme or moral?

Three flies notice an overturned honey pot. Two of the flies decide to land in the honey and start eating it. But the oldest fly stays back. The two flies tease the older fly, but then get stuck in the honey. What is the moral of this story?

A long time ago, there was a king who wanted everything to be made of gold. He wished everything he touched turned to gold. A fairy made his wish come true. Then he touched his daughter and she turned into a gold statue. He spent the rest of his life sad about his daughter. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

Never talk to strangers.

Which is it?

What is the moral of a story where a boy lies about a wolf attacking his sheep multiple times, and when the wolf actually comes, no one believes him?

Susie was waiting for Tina to arrive in the crowded lunch room.  She looked through the crowd to see if she could spot Tina from afar.  Tina was standing in an area all by herself.  She had a perplexed look on her face, as there were no other seats available.  Thankfully, Susie had saved her a seat, and all was well.

What is the moral?

What is the moral of a story where a character learns to share with others and makes many friends as a result?

What is the moral of a story where a character always mocks others for their failures but ends up failing themselves?

A theme is a _____ or moral of a story. This is a message the author wants to tell the reader.

What is the moral of a story where a character always procrastinates and ends up failing a very important test?

At the end of the story, Tim would most likely agree that

What is the theme of this story?