3. Let’s Play

5. Reading Strategies: Predictions

6. Narrative Elements

7. Sensory Language

8. Prefixes

9. Nouns

10. Potpourri

11. 200 300 400 500 Predictions Narrative Elements Sensory Language PrefixesNounsPotpourri 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100

12. Where should you look for clues when making a prediction?

13. In the text.

14. What should you do after looking for clues in the story?

15. Combine the clues with background knowledge to make a prediciton.

16. What should you do after you make a prediction?

17. Verify your prediction.

18. As you read, if you are given new or additional information, what might you need to to to your original prediction?

19. Revise your prediction.

20. “Sam did all his homework, he made sure to ask questions in class when he didn’t understand something, and he studied hard.” Make a prediction: how will Sam do on his Mid-Unit Benchmark test?

21. Sam will get a good grade!

22. What is the setting of a story?

23. Where and when a story takes place.

24. All complete narratives must have setting, _____, plot, and conflict.

25. Characters

26. When thinking about narratives, what is another word for conflict?

27. Problem

28. “A cold wind blew through my hair as I climbed down the rocky slope.” In this passage, the wind and slope are part of the _______.

29. Setting

30. “Jessica had long, curly brown hair that seemed to take on a life of its own and refused to be tamed.” Describing Jessica’s appearance tells us more about which narrative element.

31. Character

32. What are your five senses?

33. Sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.

34. What is sensory language?

35. Description that appeals to one or more of your five senses.

36. To what sense does the following phrase appeal? “The blade of grass tickled my foot.”

37. Touch

38. To what sense does the following phrase appeal? “The rain hit the pavement with a crisp sizzle.”

39. Hearing

40. Why do authors use sensory language?

41. To help readers visualize story elements.

42. What is the meaning of distrusted in the following sentence? “Martha distrusted George because he had lied to her before.”

43. Not able to trust.

44. What is the meaning of misspell in the following sentence? “When I edit my paper, I have to make sure I didn’t misspell any words.”

45. To spell incorrectly.

46. What is the meaning of preschool in the following sentence? “Remember your preschool rules: keep your hands and feet to yourself.”

47. School before required school.

48. What is the meaning of reheat in the following sentence? “Mom said to reheat the leftovers for lunch.”

49. To heat again.

50. What is the meaning of misplace in the following sentence? “I always seem to misplace my pen.”

51. To put in the wrong place.

52. How do you make the plural form of the noun potato?

53. Add –es.

54. Rewrite the sentence using the plural form of the underlined noun: I saw the deer run into the forest.

55. What is “I saw the deer run into the forest.”?

56. What is a proper noun?

57. Specific names of people, places, things, or ideas.

58. Change each noun in parentheses to its plural form. (Police officer) protect the (life) of (person).

59. Police officers, lives, and people.

60. Change each noun in parentheses to its possessive form. (Mom) new car is parked at my (grandparents) home.

61. Mom’s, grandparents’

62. What should you always do when writing proper nouns?

63. Capitalize them.

64. What is wrong in the following sentence? “Our heros are MLK, Jr. and rosa parks.”

65. Heroes, Rosa Parks

66. What is the meaning of exclaim in the following sentence? “We should raise our hands not just exclaim our answers.”

67. To shout out.

68. How should you verify your predictions?

69. You check your predictions against what happens in the rest of the story.

70. What can an author do to bring to life the setting, characters, and action in a narrative ?

71. Use sensory language.

72. FinalJeopardy

73. Sensory Language

74. Using sensory language, describe our classroom.

75. Answers will vary.

76. Daily Double!