Find the meaning using context clues while reading the passage and getting the gist
What is what you do when you come to and underlined word
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Beginning the few nights before the test, but ESPECIALLY the night before.
When should I go to bed early?
200
Find the gist of BOTH paragraphs
What is the main idea of paragraphs 5 & 6?
200
Cause is the reason something happens. Effect is what happens due to the cause. Ex. Because you were tardy to class, you did not get your bellwork done.
What is the difference between cause and effect? Give one example.
200
First Person
What is writing that includes "I", "we", and "us"
200
A snack, comfortable clothes, a great book, and all my confidence
What should I bring the day of the test?
300
use the prefix...PRE means before, so the word means to view again. Also the strategy we use when we first get to a new passage.
What is meaning of preview.
300
Sound it out, use context clues
What should you do if you come to a name or word you can't pronounce?
300
Persuade, entertain, inform
What are the author's purposes
300
Because my brain needs nutritious, delicious food to work!!
Why do I need a good, healthy breakfast that includes protein on Monday and Tuesday?
400
Go back to story and read, write proof from text by question,
What should you do for every question?
400
How 2 things are alike or different.
What is the difference between compare and contrast?
400
3rd person
What is writing from an outside perspective "Thomas Jefferson, they, he, she , it"
400
Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth a few times, draw for a FEW minutes, take a break, go get a drink
What should I do if I get stuck, or can't think clearly?
500
Put them in the order in which they occur.
How do you find the sequence of events in a story?
500
Look at pictures, headings, important words and predict what it what it is about.
What does it mean to preview a passage?
500
You see Mrs. Galyon, Mrs. Rouk, and Mrs. Hazen again next year!!
What would the effect be of not passing the TAKS test?
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Sleep on the roof, 4 hour recess, pizza party, see their teachers do something wacky.
What will happen if all 5th graders pass their TAKS tests?