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4th Grade Reading & Test-Taking Strategies
4th Grade Reading & Test-Taking Strategies
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A basic review of test-taking strategies, question stems, and content area key words!
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A fiction summary can be done using-
Context Clues
SWBST: Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then
Our inferencing skills
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Words that mean the opposite are called-
homonyms
antonyms
synonyms
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What are character traits?
character appearances (physical) & personality (inside)
the setting of the story
the main character
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After you read the title of a test selection or passage, you should...
Infer what the passage may be about
Wait... we need to read the title of a story?!?!
ignore it
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The "speaker" is another word for-
narrator
topic
subject
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Why is it a good idea to read the questions before the selection?
To activate your schema
To see what types of questions you'll be asked
All of these are correct
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The "message" or "central idea" is the same as-
summary
inference
theme
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What do you call words that mean the SAME?
homonyms
synonyms
antonyms
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What does the testing strategy, "Plug It In" mean?
plug answer choices in and select the one that makes sense
hook up a cord to an outlet
cross out answers that are incorrect
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Which of the following is not a type of text structure when reading nonfiction?
standard form
compare & contrast
problem & solution
Chronological/Sequence
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The author puts a picture next to a specific paragraph because...
to seperate ideas
to give a visual of what that paragraph describes
there was room
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The structure of a story means?
How many text features are included in the story
How the author organized the text
How the author chose to bold words or not
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When a question states choose the BEST answer, what does this mean?
Only ONE is correct & the best based on the story
There is more than one correct answer
There are no right answers
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An example of a text feature would be-
both of these are examples
captions
pictures
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When you INFER, you must...
Use your main ideas and text clues
predict what will happen next
use your schema and text clues
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What does draw a conclusion mean?
to create a picture using our paper
infer about a character or situation that may happen
what is the problem in the story
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Main Idea tells readers...
the supporting details
what the selection is mostly about
the author's meaning
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What does a reader need to look for when determining the Main Idea?
The main character
What it's mostly about and supporting details
the lesson/moral of the story
The most frequently used word
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What does the testing strategy, "Slash the Trash" mean?
eliminate by crossing out choices you know to be incorrect
Throw the reading passage in the trash
Make dashes all over your paper
