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Reading Strategies
Question Types
Mr. Barry
The Test
Poetry
100
Breaking the text into smaller, "bite-sized" pieces.
What is Chunking the Text?
100
Use context clues & try to use a different word
What are Vocabulary questions?
100
What song should you sing for Ms. Koerner today?
What is Happy Birthday?
100
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments
What does MCA stand for?
100
I had the time So I drank some slime It tasted like lime And it was only a dime
What is rhyme?
200
The ability to read and think about a text for a long period of time
What is Reading Stamina?
200
You have to be a Detective and go find the answer
What are detail questions?
200
The animal that makes Mr. Barry...uncomfortable.
What are penguins?
200
750
What is the minimum score to show that a student meets expectations?
200
BANG! POW! ZOOM! SMACK!
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Using the problems, actions, & lessons a character deals with to decide what the text is REALLY about
What is the Theme Equation?
300
Think about what the text isn't telling you.
What are Inference questions?
300
7
What is the number of books that Mr. Barry read over break?
300
5%
What is the goal that I set for myself to increase my OLPA score?
300
I boiled some boysenberry syrup For my boyfriend's breakfast
What is alliteration?
400
Reading around the word, substituting a different word, looking for root words, thinking about prefixes and suffixes.
What is decoding a new word
400
Think about what the WHOLE text is about.
What are Central Idea questions?
400
A new book is like a ticket to see the world!
What is a simile?
400
Phones, water bottles, ipods, food, tablets
What are things that are not allowed in the testing lab?
400
Mr. Barry's bag groaned with the weight of all his papers.
What is personification?
500
Cover up the questions to outsmart those nasty MCA people
What is Predicting the Answer?
500
The type of question that most of us have trouble with
What are detail questions?
500
The red rose Blooms like a sunburst Burns like fire And smells like the sweetest perfume With tender petals That hold sweet nectar
What is imagery?
500
(Pick one) 3, 4, 8 or 10 The Stanza that describes the New Girl's Hair
What is 3
500
The classroom was a graveyard, silent and still.
What is a metaphor?