Language
4 Types of Sentences
Declarative – a sentence that tells something
Interrogative – question
Imperative – a command
Exclamatory – shows excitement
A sentence has a subject and a predicate.
A subject tells who or what is doing something in the sentence.
A predicate tells what the subject is doing, or the action part.
Nouns: common: names something
proper: names something specific; starts with a capital letter
Comprehension Skills
Check for Understanding
Cross Checking (Does it look right, does it sound right, does it make sense?)
Back up and reread
Tune into interesting words
Monitor and Fix- up
Voracious Reading/Fluency
Making Mental Images
Main Idea and Supporting Details
Rhyming Words
Vocabulary Skill
Homophones – words that sound alike, but are spelled in different ways and have different meanings
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High Frequency Words