facts andideas thatsupport themain ideakeydetailsstated directly;author tells thereaders exactlywhat they needto knowexplicitideasidentifies aproblem andproposesone or moresolutionsproblemandsolutionthe way inwhich apiece ofwriting isstructuredorganizationeventsand theiroutcomescauseandeffectdescription ofevents writtenor told bysomeone whowas therefirsthandaccountanalyzes thesimilarities anddifferencesbetween ideasin a textcompareandcontrastinfer means tomake areasonableconclusion basedon evidencefound in the textinferencehe order inwhich a seriesof eventshappens;arranged inorder of timechronologicalorderthe reasonan authorhas forwriting apiece of textauthor'spurposeorganized fromleast to mostimportant orfrom most toleast importantorder ofimportancedetails thatsupport theauthor’sparticularpoints in a textreasonshow ideasinfluenceindividuals/eventsor how individualsinfluenceideas/eventsinteractionsexplainssomethingspecific, like howsomething worksor how to dosomething, often astructured formattechnicaltextthe specificperspective orposition theauthor has ona topicpointof viewsomethingthat provesthe truth ofsomethingelseevidenceputting togetherkey details andevidence fromsources in a waythat supportsyour main idea integrateto provide anoverview of textthat states mainpoints but notall the detailssummarizepassagesthatexplain orinforminformationaltexta description ofevents written ortold by someonewho was not therebut got the storyfrom anothersource secondhandaccounttexts that focus onexplaining thingsrelated to science,like the naturalworld, experiments,or scientificdiscoveriesscientifictexta piece of writing,document, or artifactthat providesinformation aboutreal people, places,and events from thepasthistoricaltexttheconnectionsbetween twoor more peopleor thingsrelationshipswhat thetext ismostlyaboutmainideasfacts andideas thatsupport themain ideakeydetailsstated directly;author tells thereaders exactlywhat they needto knowexplicitideasidentifies aproblem andproposesone or moresolutionsproblemandsolutionthe way inwhich apiece ofwriting isstructuredorganizationeventsand theiroutcomescauseandeffectdescription ofevents writtenor told bysomeone whowas therefirsthandaccountanalyzes thesimilarities anddifferencesbetween ideasin a textcompareandcontrastinfer means tomake areasonableconclusion basedon evidencefound in the textinferencehe order inwhich a seriesof eventshappens;arranged inorder of timechronologicalorderthe reasonan authorhas forwriting apiece of textauthor'spurposeorganized fromleast to mostimportant orfrom most toleast importantorder ofimportancedetails thatsupport theauthor’sparticularpoints in a textreasonshow ideasinfluenceindividuals/eventsor how individualsinfluenceideas/eventsinteractionsexplainssomethingspecific, like howsomething worksor how to dosomething, often astructured formattechnicaltextthe specificperspective orposition theauthor has ona topicpointof viewsomethingthat provesthe truth ofsomethingelseevidenceputting togetherkey details andevidence fromsources in a waythat supportsyour main idea integrateto provide anoverview of textthat states mainpoints but notall the detailssummarizepassagesthatexplain orinforminformationaltexta description ofevents written ortold by someonewho was not therebut got the storyfrom anothersource secondhandaccounttexts that focus onexplaining thingsrelated to science,like the naturalworld, experiments,or scientificdiscoveriesscientifictexta piece of writing,document, or artifactthat providesinformation aboutreal people, places,and events from thepasthistoricaltexttheconnectionsbetween twoor more peopleor thingsrelationshipswhat thetext ismostlyaboutmainideas

INFORMATIONAL TEXT 5TH - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. key details
    facts and ideas that support the main idea
  2. explicit ideas
    stated directly; author tells the readers exactly what they need to know
  3. problem and solution
    identifies a problem and proposes one or more solutions
  4. organization
    the way in which a piece of writing is structured
  5. cause and effect
    events and their outcomes
  6. firsthand account
    description of events written or told by someone who was there
  7. compare and contrast
    analyzes the similarities and differences between ideas in a text
  8. inference
    infer means to make a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text
  9. chronological order
    he order in which a series of events happens; arranged in order of time
  10. author's purpose
    the reason an author has for writing a piece of text
  11. order of importance
    organized from least to most important or from most to least important
  12. reasons
    details that support the author’s particular points in a text
  13. interactions
    how ideas influence individuals/events or how individuals influence ideas/events
  14. technical text
    explains something specific, like how something works or how to do something, often a structured format
  15. point of view
    the specific perspective or position the author has on a topic
  16. evidence
    something that proves the truth of something else
  17. integrate
    putting together key details and evidence from sources in a way that supports your main idea
  18. summarize
    to provide an overview of text that states main points but not all the details
  19. informational text
    passages that explain or inform
  20. secondhand account
    a description of events written or told by someone who was not there but got the story from another source
  21. scientific text
    texts that focus on explaining things related to science, like the natural world, experiments, or scientific discoveries
  22. historical text
    a piece of writing, document, or artifact that provides information about real people, places, and events from the past
  23. relationships
    the connections between two or more people or things
  24. main ideas
    what the text is mostly about