Super Storms-Vocabulary Test

What is a main idea?

• questions to clarify what you are reading

• an important idea about a topic

• things that help you find information quickly

• the characters, setting, & plot of story

What are supporting details?

• who is in the story

• smart guesses about what might happen

• facts or more information that support the main idea

• a picture taken by a camera

Finding the main idea & details of an informational text can help you:

• do your math homework

• write a make believe story

• better understand what you are reading

What is informational text?

• nonfiction writing that tells facts about real events

• make believe stories

• legends and folktales

• fiction stories

What are text and graphic features?

• questions to clarify what you are reading

• something that happens as a result of something else

• things that help you find information quickly

• the characters, setting, & plot of story

What is the main idea of Super Storms?

• It is fun to run in the rain

• Weather is always calm

• Storms are fun and gentle

• Storms can be dangerous

Which is a detail from Super Storms?

• Birds fly high in the sky

• Hail can damage crops and cars

• Summer time is a nice season

• Storms can only happen in December

Which is NOT a detail from Super Storms?

• Lightening can start fires

• Hurricanes and tornados can destroy homes

• Rainbows are beautiful

• Thunderstorms are heavy rain showers

Which is a detail that describes hurricanes?

• they are chunks of ice

• they have funnel shaped clouds

• they are born over the ocean

• they are warm and sunny

How are hurricanes and blizzards different?

• blizzards happen in cold places and hurricanes in warm

• blizzards have rain and hurricanes have snow

• only blizzards are storms

• hurricanes are good but blizzards are bad