FSA Grade 4 flashcards
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- Main idea
- The most important point a passage makes about its topic. It is usually stated in the introduction or conclusion and is supported by details throughout the text.
- Supporting detail
- A fact, example, reason, or event in a passage that explains or proves the main idea. Removing it would weaken the writer's point.
- Theme
- The message or lesson about life that a story conveys, such as perseverance pays off. It applies beyond the story and is stated in a full sentence.
- Summary
- A brief restatement of a passage's main idea and key details in the reader's own words, leaving out minor examples and personal opinions.
- Inference
- A conclusion a reader draws by combining details stated in the text with background knowledge. It must be supported by evidence in the passage.
- Firsthand account
- A text written by someone who took part in the event, usually using I or we. It includes that person's observations and feelings.
- Secondhand account
- A text about an event written by someone who was not there. It relies on other sources and usually reports facts without the writer's personal involvement.
- Simile
- A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as, such as quiet as a mouse. It helps readers picture the description.
- Metaphor
- A comparison that states one thing is another without using like or as, such as the classroom was a zoo. It transfers qualities from one thing to another.
- Personification
- Giving human qualities to something that is not human, as in the wind whispered through the trees. It makes descriptions vivid and imaginative.
- Idiom
- An expression whose meaning cannot be worked out from the literal words, such as under the weather meaning ill. Its meaning is learned through use.
- Context clues
- Hints in nearby words and sentences that help a reader figure out an unknown word's meaning, such as a restated definition, an example, or a synonym.
- Cause and effect
- A text structure that explains why something happened and what resulted. Signal words include because, so, since, and as a result.
- Compare and contrast
- A text structure that shows how two or more things are alike and different. Signal words include both, similarly, unlike, and however.
- Point of view
- The perspective from which a story is told: first person uses I and is a character in the story; third person uses he, she, or they and is outside it.
- Quotation marks
- Punctuation placed around a speaker's exact words in dialogue. The comma or end punctuation goes inside the closing quotation mark.
- Place value
- The value of a digit based on its position in a number. Each place is ten times the value of the place to its right.
- Expanded form
- A number written as the sum of each digit's value, such as 4,207 = 4,000 + 200 + 7. It shows the value of every digit.
- Rounding rule
- Look at the digit to the right of the place being rounded. If it is 5 or more, round up; if it is 4 or less, keep the digit the same.
- Multi-digit multiplication
- Multiplying numbers with more than one digit by breaking them apart by place value, then adding the partial products to get the total.
- Remainder
- The amount left over after dividing as many whole groups as possible. It is always less than the divisor, as in 47 ÷ 5 = 9 remainder 2.
- Factor pairs
- Two whole numbers that multiply to give a product, such as 3 and 8 for 24. Every whole number greater than 1 has at least one pair.
- Prime number
- A whole number greater than 1 with exactly two factors: 1 and itself. Examples include 2, 3, 5, 7, and 11.
- Composite number
- A whole number greater than 1 that has more than two factors, such as 12, whose factors include 2, 3, 4, and 6.
- Equivalent fractions
- Fractions that name the same amount, such as 1/2 and 4/8. Multiplying or dividing numerator and denominator by the same number creates them.
- Comparing fractions
- Deciding which fraction is greater. With like denominators, compare numerators; with like numerators, the smaller denominator gives the larger fraction.
- Decimal notation
- A way to write fractions with denominators of 10 or 100 using a decimal point, so 7/10 = 0.7 and 35/100 = 0.35.
- Area
- The number of square units needed to cover a flat figure. For a rectangle, multiply length by width.
- Perimeter
- The distance around the outside of a figure, found by adding all side lengths. For a rectangle, use 2 × (length + width).
- Right angle
- An angle measuring exactly 90 degrees, often marked with a small square. It forms the corner of a square or rectangle.
- Line of symmetry
- A line that divides a figure into two matching halves that fold onto each other exactly. A square has four such lines.
- Unit fraction
- A fraction with a numerator of 1, such as 1/3 or 1/8. It represents one equal part of a whole split into that many parts.