Reading Strategies
What does it mean to make a prediction?
A prediction is something that you think will happen next using clues from the story
There are 3 steps to P, what are they?
P stands for Plan.
1. Pre-read for the gist
2. Pull Apart the Prompt (Do, What?)
3. Pick Ideas (Web)
What does the T stand for?
Topic
What are character traits?
What are some examples of text features?
Words that describe and help us understand a character
1. Outside (girl, short, black hair, etc.)
2. Inside (brave, smart, caring, honest, funny, etc.)
A picture, diagram, map, bullet points, headings/sub headings, captions, etc.
What does sequencing mean?
Sequencing is when you arrange the story in order from Beginning to End.
What does it mean to summarize something?
What's the song? :)
Summarizing determines which ideas are most important to share. Similar to a Gist statement.
O stands for Organize, and you do TIDE for Organizing
What does I stand for?
Important Evidence
If I am writing in Point of View, there are 3 types of POV, what are they?
1st person is when the narrator is a character in the story and uses "I, me, my, us, and we"
2nd person is when the narrator will address you and uses "you, your, yours"
3rd person lets us know what the characters think and they use "she, he, and their names"
What does it mean when you are comparing and contrasting something?
Comparing means that you are looking for similarities and differences. Like apples and oranges are both fruit
Contrasting means that we are comparing things to show they are different. An apple has thin skin that we can eat, whereas oranges have a thicker skin that we cannot eat
What does the W stand for?
Write
What does D stand for?
Detailed Examination
What does it mean to draw conclusions?
Look for clues, ask questions and use information we know to make a good guess.
what the text says + what I already know = a conclusion
When one event causes another one to happen
So the cause is why it happens (I studied my spelling words)
And the effect is what happens because of that (Therefore, I got all of the words correct)
What does inferring mean?
What does the E stand for and what does CUPS stand for?
Edit
Capitalize, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling
What does E stand for?
End
What are the 2 things you need to do when you are writing the T in Tide?
1. Use the title of the passage and the author's name in the first sentence as well as..
2. RESTATE THE QUESTION!!!
What is problem and solution?
When you have a problem in the story, there is a dilemma or something concerning. The solution is something that was or can be done to solve the problem.
What does it mean to make connections?
This is when you use prior knowledge or what you already know to understand the text better, like "This reminds me of..."
What does the R stand for and what does ARMS stand for?
Revise
Add, Remove, Move, Substitute
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We went over C Space last week for Narrative writing about the bears. This was when we had to continue the story. We used something called C Space. What does each letter stand for?
Characters, Setting, Problem/Purpose, Action, Conclusion, End/Emotion
What is the main idea and details of the story?
The main idea is what the text is mostly about. Then, the details tell us all about the main idea.
The main idea might be the title of the passage, words that are used more than once, if there are pictures, etc.)