5th grade ELA fsa

What are examples of text structure?

• Context clues and reading the questions first

• Pictures, headings, and maps that help us understand more about the reading.

• The overall way the text is organized.

• Cause/Effect, Chronological, & Compare and Contrast

Although Madison did not feel well she went to school anyway because she wanted to attend band practice.

What change must be made to correct the sentence?

• Change went to goes.

• Add a comma after anyway.

• change Although to Forever.

• Add a comma after well.

Describe the text structure of the following: While donuts and pies are both sweets that are round, they are very different from each other. Pies are prepared in the oven, while donuts are deep fried. One is typically for breakfast, while the other is a dessert. They both come in many flavors and are delicious!

• Cause and Effect

• Sequence

• Description

• Compare and Contrast

Define text structure.

• Context clues that help us learn more about the reading

• Pictures, headings, and maps that help us understand more about the reading.

• The overall way the text is organized.

• Cause/Effect, Chronological, & Compare and Contrast

Select the 2 BEST reading strategies to use for testing.

• Quickly re-read passages.

• When permitted, read the questions first, so you know what to focus on.

• Make sure you finish on time, no extra time will be given.

• Highlight important parts of the text or possible answers in text.

• Focus on the grammatical structure of the text.

strong opinions; ideas believed to be true

• culture

• impact

• beliefs

• disputes

the way a particular group of people live and understand the world

• culture

• expansion

• brilliant

• treaty

Most of the time, Main Idea can be found ...

• at the start or end of a paragraph
• In the middle of a paragraph
• on the last page
• in the index

Supporting details....

• are pointless when determining the central idea

• just give more information

• do not support the central idea

• are evidence and prove the central idea

The main idea of a text is....

• what the text is a little bit about

• what the text is never about

• what the text is sometimes telling you

• what the text is mostly or mainly about