Reading & Math Review

What is a synopsis?

• An educated guess

• A short summary

• The conflict in a story

Which is a strategy to use while you are summarizing?

• Make note of the most important events or facts in the text.

• List every small detail

• Copy the information word for word

Look at the Title and any pictures or bold words and make a ____________ or guess as to what you think the article is going to be about before you read it.

If you are doing a test or other assignment to grade your reading comprehension, please look at the questions _____________ reading the passage so you will know what you need to look for as you read.

As you start to read pay close attention to ______________ such as headings, subheadings, bold and italic words, and any pictures or diagrams that are included.

Which is not a question you should ask yourself while reading and summarizing?

• Who was the paragraph about?

• What was happening?

• Why was it important?

• Was there more than one character?

Which is not a good reading strategy?

• Skim the passage quickly

• Stop and summarize after each paragraph

• Read the questions before reading the text

7+9x=7x+3

• -4

• -2

• 8

• 0

2(3-x)-6=-5x

• 1

• 4

• -2

• 0

2x+15=-3x

• 6

• -3

• -7

• -6