Routines & Rules
How you stand outside the door
What is facing forward?
What the text is mostly about
What is main idea?
Captions, pictures, diagrams, and subheadings are all examples of
What are text features?
The acronym PIE meaning
What is Persuade, Inform, Entertain?
The ability to be believed; trustworthy
What is credibility?
The first thing you do when you enter the classroom
What is greet the teacher?
The skill to predict what a text is about before reading it
What is skimming the text?
How authors organize their writing
What are organizational patterns or text structures?
Infer through author's word choice & tone
What is author's point of view?
The preference of one side over another
What is bias?
The amount of people to ask your question before the teacher
What is three?
Details you don't include in a summary
What are irrelevant details?
Text feature that defines words (at the bottom of the page)
What is a footnote?
The most objective tone
What is neutral?
Looking at the website info is helpful, but so is looking at the ____
What is the URL?
One thing that will lose Ms. Kimsey's respect
What is lying?
The 5 W's and a H
What are who, what, when, where, why, and how?
First, I take out all of the ingredients needed. Second, I reread the recipe to know the first step. Thirdly, I mix the flour, baking powder, and cinnamon together. Then, I whisk together the egg, milk, and melted brown sugar.
What is process or sequential?
The other side of the argument; used to provide balanced information
What is counterargument?
Tells you if the information is recent and relevant
What is date published/updated?
The phrase Ms. Kimsey uses before dismissing the class
What is "cleanest and quietest?"
Another helpful strategy for finding the main idea
What is looking for repetition, checking the first and last sentences, or looking at "the big picture"?
Humans tend to litter and throw away their trash without a care in the world. This ends up polluting Earth's oceans and leads to the endangering of marine animals. A way to solve this issue is recycling plastic bottles and bags or use reusable materials instead of plastic.
What is cause/effect AND problem/solution?
Author's POV: Although many argue that uniforms stifle creativity, a recent study shows that uniforms increase school focus and reduce bullying.
What is that uniforms are beneficial?
Verified by another trustworthy source
What is corroborated?