1. To help you bring up Those test scores!
READING STRATEGIES
To help you bring up
Those test scores!

2. UNRAAVEL Underline the title
Now predict what you think the passage will be about based on the title
Run through and number the paragraphs
Are you reading the questions?
Are the important words from the questions circled?
Venture through the passage
Eliminate by crossing out poor answer options
Let the questions be answered, and write the paragraph number where you found the answers

3. Let’s Sing It! UNRAAVEL the Test
(Sung to the tune of the “Brady Bunch”)
Draw a line, under the title
Take your best guess what its all about
Put a number next to each paragraph
To help you find the answer
Take some time, and read the questions
Circle all the very important words
Write down what each word means
And now its time to read
Cross out all the wrong answers
Pick the best of all that remain
Paragraph numbers will prove
You know the answers
Now double check your work
UNRAAVEL (ing)
This is how we UNRAAVEL the test

4. Twelve Powerful Words TRACE—copy; follow the outline
ANALYZE—break down or break apart; investigate
INFER—determine what they are trying to say; read b/w the lines
EVALUATE—judge; look closely; give an opinion
FORMULATE—to create; develop a plan or design
DESCRIBE—to explain, tell about, or give details
SUPPORT—to give evidence; to back up with details
EXPLAIN—to give steps
SUMMARIZE—put into your own words
COMPARE—to show similarities
CONTRAST—show differences
PREDICT—to guess an outcome

5. Let’s Sing It!
12 Powerful Words (sung to the tune of “My Bologna Has A First Name”)
My vocabulary has 12 words
That help me do my best
Infer, Analyze, Evaluate, and
Formulate comes next
Oh, I love to Describe
them every day
They Support me while
I Explain and say
Summarize, Compare, Contrast,
Predict, and Trace
With skills that last