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Reading word of the day

Reading word of the day. Click on the month. Click on the date for the word of the day. January. January 3. Word : Passage Definition : A portion of a story. January 4. Word : Context clues Definition : Information from the reading that identifies a word or a group of words.

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Reading word of the day

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  1. Reading word of the day Click on the month.

  2. Click on the date for the word of the day. • January

  3. January 3 • Word: • Passage • Definition: • A portion of a story

  4. January 4 • Word: • Context clues • Definition: • Information from the reading that identifies a word or a group of words

  5. January 5 • Word: • Supporting details • Definition: • Details or facts that support the most important idea.

  6. January 6 • Word: • text • Definition: • Main body of printed or written matter on a page

  7. January 7 • Word: • antonym • Definition: • A word that is opposite of another word • hot - cold

  8. January 10 • Word: • synonym • Definition: • One of 2 or more words that have a similar meaning • big – large • skinny- thin

  9. January 11 • Word: • prefix • Definition: • A group of letters placed before a word to alter its meaning. • reread • undo

  10. January 12 • Word: • suffix • Definition: • A group of letters placed after a word to modify its meaning or change it into a different word group. • actor • likeness

  11. January 13 • Word: • Root word • Definition: • A root word is one to which prefixes and suffixes can be added to form different words. • dislike • teacher

  12. January 14 • Word: • inference • Definition: • A judgment based reasoning rather than on direct or explicit statement. A conclusion based on facts or circumstances; understandings gained by “reading between the lines.”

  13. January 18 • Word: • generalize • Definition: • A conclusion, drawn from specific that is used to make a broad statement about a topic or person.

  14. January 19 • Word: • Draw conclusions • Definition: • Making sense of information that is implied or inferred.

  15. January 20 • Word: • Conflict resolution • Definition: • The way in which the author attempts to solve a problem created in the story.

  16. January 21 • Word: • Main idea • Definition: • The main idea is the author’s central though; the chief topic of a text expressed or implied in a word or phrase; the topic sentence of a paragraph.

  17. January 24 • Word: • genre • Definition: • A category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique or content. • http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/genres.htm

  18. January 25 • Word: • Point of view • Definition: • The way in which an author reveals characters, events and ideas in telling a story; the vantage point from which the story is told. • http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/pointofviewl.cfm

  19. January 26 • Word: • personification • Definition: • An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form. • The window winked at me.

  20. January 27 • Word: • simile • Definition: • A comparison of 2 unlike things in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used. • Busy as a bee • Sly like a fox

  21. January 28 • Word: • Figurative language • Definition: • Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

  22. January 31 • Word: • alliteration • Definition: • The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words • The sneaky snake slithered slowly.

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