Grade 1 · English Language Arts · Unit 11 of 14

Think It Through

Main idea, details and clues

What your child practises

Reading a short story, finding the main idea and details, and using clues to work out what is not said.

Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Comprehension · using strategies to check and show understanding of a text

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
Where did Zoe hide?
The sky turned dark and grey.
Zoe heard a loud boom.
She hid under her blanket and waited.
- in the car
- under her blanket
- behind a tree
Question 2
What was most likely happening?
The sky turned dark and grey.
Zoe heard a loud boom.
She hid under her blanket and waited.
- a parade
- a sunny day
- a thunderstorm
Question 3
How did Zoe feel?
The sky turned dark and grey.
Zoe heard a loud boom.
She hid under her blanket and waited.
- very sleepy
- a little scared
- silly
Question 4
What fell on Amir's nose?
Amir put on his boots and a warm hat.
He grabbed his shovel and ran outside.
White flakes fell on his nose.
- snowflakes
- rain
- leaves
Question 5
What is the story mostly about?
Amir put on his boots and a warm hat.
He grabbed his shovel and ran outside.
White flakes fell on his nose.
- Amir goes swimming.
- Amir plays outside in the snow.
- Amir bakes a cake.
Question 6
What time of year is it most likely?
Amir put on his boots and a warm hat.
He grabbed his shovel and ran outside.
White flakes fell on his nose.
- spring
- winter
- summer