Know It All! Grades 3-5 Reading

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We know what it takes to succeed in the classroom and on tests. This book includes strategies that are proven to improve student performance. We provide

• content review, detailed lessons, and practice exercises modeled on the skills tested by standardized tests
• proven test-taking skills and techniques such as how to determine the main idea of a passage and write answers to open-response questions

Table of Contents

Contents
Parent and Teacher Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Student Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
The Chapters
Chapter 1: Multiple-Choice and Open-Response Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Chapter 2: Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Chapter 3: Vocabulary in Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Brain Booster #1: Review of Chapters 1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Chapter 4: Fact and Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Chapter 5: Main Idea, Summary, and Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Chapter 6: Conclusions and Predictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Brain Booster #2: Review of Chapters 4–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Chapter 7: What and Why Writers Write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Chapter 8: Comparing and Contrasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Chapter 9: Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Brain Booster #3: Review of Chapters 7–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Chapter 10: Simile, Metaphor, and Personification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Chapter 11: Point of View and Describing Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Chapter 12: Plot, Setting, and Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Brain Booster #4: Review of Chapters 10–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Chapter 13: Cause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Chapter 14: Graphic Organizers and Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Chapter 15: Finding Out More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Brain Booster #5: Review of Chapters 13–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Chapter Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Practice Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Answers and Explanations for the Practice Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173