Grade 1 · English Language Arts · Unit 13 of 16
Reading Smart
Predict, connect, and use text features.
What your child practises
Practises thinking before and while reading: using what you already know, predicting what happens next, making connections to your own life, using headings and pictures, telling kinds of texts apart and learning topic words.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.1.B1.1, ELA.1.B1.2, ELA.1.B1.3, ELA.1.B1.4, ELA.1.B2.1, ELA.1.B2.2, ELA.1.B2.3, ELA.1.B2.4, ELA.1.B2.7 · background knowledge, choosing texts, text forms and features, predictions, connections and topic words
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which kind of text tells true facts about animals?
- a made-up joke
- a fairy tale
- a nonfiction book
Show answer
a nonfiction book
Hint: Nonfiction gives facts.
Question 2
Which is a story from long ago told out loud?
- a menu
- a phone bill
- oral storytelling
Show answer
oral storytelling
Hint: Many people share stories by telling them.
Question 3
The word “seed” is a topic word. Which subject is it from?
- swimming
- plants
- music
Show answer
plants
Hint: Seeds grow into plants.
Question 4
Look at the cover. What might the book be about?
- You must not guess
- It is a secret
- You can make a prediction
Show answer
You can make a prediction
Hint: We predict with clues from the cover.
Question 5
A chart in a book shows…
- a made-up story
- information in a list or grid
- only colours
Show answer
information in a list or grid
Hint: Charts organize facts.
Question 6
Who might know a lot about a topic you are learning?
- nobody
- a stranger on the street
- an Elder or an expert
Show answer
an Elder or an expert
Hint: People in our communities can help us learn.