End of Year Comprehension and Reading Skills Check

In paragraph 14, what does the word irritating mean? What type of question is this?

• inferencing and drawing conclusions

• main idea

• context clues

• author's purpose

Which fact in the selection is best supported by the last photograph? What type of question is this?

• author's purpose

• text features

• cause and effect

What can the reader conclude about the speaker’s ideas about air throughout the poem? What type of question is this?

• author's purpose

• text features

• sensory language

• inferencing and drawing conclusions

The author wrote this selection mainly to —

What type of question is this?

• main idea and details

• text features

• author's purpose

How do you figure out the main idea of a text? (check all correct answers)

• I look for a title or topic sentence. This gives me a clue about the main idea

• I ask "What about the topic?" my answer is the main idea

• I ask the teacher or a classmate

• I look for keywords or phrases to determine the topic

Explain how you know that you have understood or comprehended the text after reading (check all correct answers).

• I am able to find the main idea of the text

• I am able to summarize the most important details of the text

• I just know

• I ask the teacher

When I read a text for a class, what does it mean to have a reading purpose?

• Determine my WHY for reading the text

• Determine whether I like the text or not

What is one skill that you use BEFORE you read a text?

• Determine my reading PURPOSE

• Reread

• Summarize

• Make an inference

Which skills should you do DURING reading to help you comprehend the text? (Check all correct answers)

• Look for evidence (details) to fit with my reading purpose

• Make inferences based on evidence and my prior knowledge

• Determine the main idea of the text

• Skip any parts that are too confusing

Which skills should you do AFTER reading the text to make sure you comprehend it? (Check all correct answers)

• Reread any parts of the text that were confusing.

• Summarize the most important information to ensure my comprehension of the text and make sure I remember it

• Ask a teacher or classmate to explain it to me