what the characters say to each other

what the teachers say to each other

the description of an item in the story that helps us to visualize what is happening

the description of something that is not in the story

what characters say to each other

What can you use to figure out what a character’s traits are?

how other characters react to the character

descriptive adjectives that tell you what a character is like

the struggles in the plot of a story

all of the events that happen in a story

the places where a story happens

Highlighting and annotating are techniques that can

add to the reader's understanding

make it difficult to understand main ideas

Use of particular words that create visual representation of ideas in our minds

Use of three words that create visual representation of ideas in our minds

Use of the words 'like' and 'as' to create visual representation of ideas in our minds

Use of particular words that create meaning about the text

What should you do as you read a passage?

Think about your reading by asking questions, highlighting important parts, and jotting quick notes out to the side.

Write down every single thought you have.

Outline every paragraph with your pencil.

Highlight all of the words that look important.

What should you do when you come to a passage that is on an unfamiliar topic?

Focus and jot about your thinking more. Make connections to what you do know to understand!

This is the end. Just give up and start crying.

Think negatively the whole time you read it.

Avoid the passage by going to the bathroom many times.

What should you do when you come to an unfamiliar word?

Use your context clues to read around the word and think of what would make sense based on what is happening in the text. Use a dictionary to check if you are not sure at all.

Immediately ask for a dictionary and look it up.

Skip past the word and don't do back to figure out the meaning.

Stop reading completely and stare at the word until you know it.

When you get to the questions and answer choices, you should -

Read the question, analyze the key words to figure out what the question is asking, and jot what you think before looking at the answer choices.

Read the question and answer choices without stopping.

Skim through the question and pick an answer.

Spend a lot of time writing down all of your thoughts around the question.

How do you determine the main idea of an informational text?

Use important evidence from all throughout the text to get the big idea of what the text was about.

Jot some details down from what you read.

Only look at the pictures and photographs given.

If you start reading a book that seems too hard for you, you should...

put it back and find a book that is just right

complain that the book is boring

Which one of these ways helps you understand a story?

predicting what will happen next

pausing after reading a part to ask yourself what just happened (giving yourself a comprehension check)

retelling the BIG parts of the book

Reading Strategies

Authored by Andy Weete

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

An inference is...

Text evidence + what you know

Retelling a text

Making a guess without evidence

Information written directly into the text.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which best describes a summary?

a really long detailed piece of writing

the entire text told in your own words

a dumb thing that teachers make you write

the main ideas and important details of a text

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which type of text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different?

Chronological

Cause & Effect

Problem & Solution

Compare/Contrast

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

When you determine what you think will happen next in the text you __________.

Visualize

Predict

Connect

Clarify

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CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RL.6.10

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Creating mental images of the settings, characters, and events in the text is called __________.

Connect

Visualize

Clarify

Evaluate

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The main character is

the best person or animal in the story

my favorite person or animal in the story

the most popular person or animal in the story

the person or animal that the story is 'all about'

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The time and place of the story is called

the setting

the dialogue

the conflict

the plot

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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Reading Strategies

An inference is...

Which best describes a summary?

Which type of text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different?

When you determine what you think will happen next in the text you __________.

Creating mental images of the settings, characters, and events in the text is called __________.

The main character is

The time and place of the story is called

The order in which things happen refers to

Dialogue is

Details are

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