All flashcards
Flashcard 1: Identify the text feature: a photo has words under it explaining what it shows.
Answer: Caption. Words below photos describe what's shown.
Flashcard 2: Identify the text feature: a page lists chapters with page numbers.
Answer: Table of contents. Shows book organization with sections and page numbers.
Flashcard 3: Which option shows reading with support: ask a question about a page or stay silent when confused?
Answer: Ask a question about the page. Questions show engagement and help clarify confusion.
Flashcard 4: Identify the best action when a sentence is confusing: skip it or reread more slowly?
Answer: Reread more slowly. Slower pace improves understanding of complex sentences.
Flashcard 5: Which option best helps you read a new science word: guess and move on or reread the sentence?
Answer: Reread the sentence for context clues. Surrounding words often hint at unfamiliar word meanings.
Flashcard 6: Identify the text feature: a list of words with meanings near the back of the book.
Answer: Glossary. Definitions appear alphabetically at book's end.
Flashcard 7: Which option best matches informational text reading: look at pictures first or skip pictures?
Answer: Look at pictures first to help understand the text. Images provide context that aids text comprehension.
Flashcard 8: Identify the best way to check understanding after a page: keep going or stop and retell?
Answer: Stop and retell what you learned. Pausing to summarize ensures comprehension before continuing.
Flashcard 9: Identify the main idea of this sentence: 'Frogs need water to live.'
Answer: Frogs need water to live. The main idea is the most important point being made.
Flashcard 10: Which option is a fact: 'Dogs are the best pets' or 'Dogs have four legs'?
Answer: Dogs have four legs. Facts can be proven true; opinions are personal feelings.
Flashcard 11: Which text feature should you use to find the meaning of the word 'habitat' quickly?
Answer: Glossary. Glossaries define important vocabulary words alphabetically.
Flashcard 12: Choose the best detail that supports this main idea: 'Bees help plants.'
Answer: Bees move pollen from flower to flower. This detail explains how bees help by pollinating.
Flashcard 13: Which option is the best main topic for a page that tells about wings, beaks, and nests?
Answer: Birds. All three details are parts that birds have.
Flashcard 14: Choose the text feature you should use to learn what a labeled picture is showing.
Answer: Caption. Captions are specifically for explaining pictures.
Flashcard 15: Which action best shows you are reading an informational text appropriately for grade 1?
Answer: Use pictures and text features to understand facts about the topic. Grade 1 readers combine all tools to learn facts.
Flashcard 16: Which text feature helps most if you want to read only about one subtopic on a page?
Answer: A heading. Each heading introduces its specific content.
Flashcard 17: Identify the text feature: "Baby turtles hatch and crawl to the sea." (under a photo)
Answer: A caption. Text below photos describes what's shown.
Flashcard 18: Which is the best strategy to understand a hard sentence: reread or skip it?
Answer: Reread it. Going back helps clarify confusing parts.
Flashcard 19: Which is the best way to check if what you read makes sense: keep going or stop and fix it?
Answer: Stop and fix it. Good readers monitor their understanding.
Flashcard 20: Identify the best way to read a page with labels pointing to parts of an animal.
Answer: Look at the diagram and read each label with the picture. Diagrams need both visual and text parts read together.
Flashcard 21: Identify the best place to find the page number for “Frogs” in a nonfiction book.
Answer: Table of contents. It lists all topics with their page numbers in order.
Flashcard 22: Choose the best place to find the meaning of the word “habitat” in a nonfiction book.
Answer: Glossary. It defines important words used in the book.
Flashcard 23: Identify the best action when you do not understand a sentence in an informational text.
Answer: Reread the sentence slowly. Going slower helps your brain process the meaning.
Flashcard 24: Identify the topic of this sentence: 'A penguin is a bird that cannot fly.'
Answer: Penguins. The topic is what the whole sentence is about.
Flashcard 25: Which option is an opinion: 'Butterflies have wings' or 'Butterflies are beautiful'?
Answer: Butterflies are beautiful. Opinions express feelings using words like 'beautiful' or 'best'.