1. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones M. Agnes Jones’s GCRCT Online Resource Reading/Language Arts/Math M. Agnes Jones 5 th Grade

2. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones The purpose of this power point is to prepare you for the up coming GCRCT standardized test. You will be provided with online resources for language arts, reading comprehension, and math.

3. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Do You Know Your Reading Strategies? Main Idea Inference Fact & Opinion Cause & Effect Author’s Purpose Sequence Character Trait Compare & Contrast Summarizing Problem & Solution Drawing Conclusion Test Taking Skills

4. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Main Idea The main idea is the most important idea about a topic. Details are used to support the main idea. To find the main idea, list supporting details about how they are related. If there is no sentence that states the main idea, make up one using the supporting details

5. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Making Inferences As you read, you can use story clues, along with what you already know, to help you figure out what the author doesn’t tell you. As you read, ask yourself, “What is the author leaving out that is important to understanding the character or event?” Ask yourself, “What do I already know about something like this?” Use story clues and your own experience to figure out what the author means or does not tell you.

6. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Fact & Opinion When reading a story or an article, it’s helpful to evaluate whether what you are reading is a fact or an opinion. As you read ask yourself “Can this statement be proven?” and “Is this what someone believes or feels?” A statement based on evidence that can be checked or proven true is a fact. A statement of what someone believes or feels is an opinion. Words such as think, believe, probably, beautiful, and good are clues that a statement expresses an opinion

7. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Cause and Effect When reading a story or an article, it’s helpful to think about events and what caused them. As you read, ask yourself “What happened?” and “Why?” To answer “What happened?” tells you the effect. The answer to “Why?” tells you the cause.

8. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Author’s Purpose Knowing the author’s purpose for writing a story or an article helps you know what to pay attention to as you read. As you read, ask yourself “Did the author want me to have information, have a certain opinion, or enjoy the selection?” If the answer is “have information,” the author’s purpose is to inform. If the answer is “have a certain opinion,” the author’s purpose is to persuade. If the answer is “enjoy the selection,” the author’s purpose is to entertain. An author may have more than one purpose for writing a selection.

9. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Sequence When reading a story or an article, it’s helpful to think about the order of events. As you read, ask yourself “What happened first? What happened after that?” Look for dates or signal words such as first, then, next, and finally. If there are no signal words, look for story and picture clues.

10. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Problem & Solution When you read a story, it’s helpful to think about what the problem is, what steps could be taken to solve the problem, and how the problem is resolved. As you read, ask yourself “What is the problem in the story?” Then ask “When did things change? What happened to make the solution clear?” Finally, ask “How was the problem solved?”

11. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Test Taking Strategies You’ll do your best on a test if you follow some general test- taking rules! Read the directions carefully. Read each question carefully. Then read all the answers before choosing one. Mark only one answer for each question. Be sure to fill in each bubble correctly. Check to see that the question number matches your choice on the answer sheet. Budget your time-don’t spend too much time on a difficult question. Do your best to answer it, and then move on.

12. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Compare & Contrast When reading a story or an article, it’s helpful to think about how things are similar and how they are different. As your read, ask yourself “What is similar about these things?” and “How are they different?” When you think about how things are similar, you compare them. When you think about how things are different, you contrast them.

13. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Summarizing When you read, ask yourself “What is the selection about?” The answer tells you the topic. This can be a word, a phase, or a sentence. Ask yourself “What are the most important points?” Restate these in your own words. Keep the summary short. Include only the important points.

14. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Draw Conclusion When an author does not spell out everything you want to know about a character or an event, you can combine story clues with what you already know to draw a conclusion that makes sense. As you read, look for clues that can help you form an idea about what the author does not tell you. Ask yourself “What do I already know about something like this?” Use the story clues to draw a conclusion

15. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Character Trait The more you know about a character in a story, the better you will understand and enjoy the story. Figure out a character’s trait by looking for special qualities that the character shows again and again. As you read, look for words the author uses to describe the character. Pay attention to what the character thinks, says, and does. Be aware of what other character say about the character. Think about what you already know about people.

16. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Reading Comprehension Activities Cause & Effect Author’s Purpose Inferences Author’s Purpose Inferences Author’s Purpose InferencesFact & Opinion Cause & Effect Sequencing Fact & Opinion Sequencing Drawing Conclusion Cause & Effect Main Idea Drawing Conclusion Main Idea

17. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Fish Tank Jeopardy Prefix Mix Prefix Words Prefix Say Plenty Putting Down Roots Putting Down Roots 2 Root Action Root Action 2 Checklist Rooting Out Words Space Station Suffixes Suffix-ly Suffixes Roots Adjectives/Verbs Antonyms Homophones Multiple Meaning Synonyms Reading/Oral Language Skills Activities

18. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Math Resources Numbers and Operations Algebra Geometry Measurement Data Analysis and Probability

19. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Recognize Number Multiplication Mystery Fact Families Count Decimals Thousands Spy Guy Draggable Decimals Decimal Place Value (2) Place Value (1) Egyptian Fractions Visual Fractions (2) Math Magician X’s Table Tester Standard/Written Form Really Big Number Visual Fractions Ice Cream Shop Number and Operations

20. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Brenda’s Bedroom Border Spy Kids Lesson 11 Problem Solving Is that a Fact Spy Guys Spooky Sequence (4) Spooky Sequence (3) Sum Sense Subtraction Sum Sense Multiplication Function Machine (2) Patterns Spooky Sequence (1) Spooky Sequence (2) Function Machine (1) Sum Sense Division Sum Sense Addition Million Dollar Mission Algebra

21. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Rotating Houses Plot Plans Silhouettes Guess the View 3D Object Viewer Quad Squad Cube Geometric Shapes Lines Of Symmetry Patterns for Solid Figures Triangle Explorer Wrapping Paper Patterns Graphing Skills Reading Grids Angles Types Of Angles Angles Ask Hannah Banana Hunt Geometry

22. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Measurement Area Measuring Tools Cave Data Spy Guys Perimeter and Area (13) Area & Perimeter Metric Unit Weight & Capacity Teaching Measures Perimeter Explorer Measuring Angels Hot Stuff Estimation of LengthMeasure It Area Explorer Thermometer Are We There Yet? How Many Pearls Be a Scientist

23. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Data Analysis and Probability Gere’s Bike Shop The Hot TubPie Chart Play Ball Overview of Line Graph Overview of Bar Graph Interpreting Column Graphs How it All Stacks Up Mean Green Machine All That Data Create A Graph All That Data (2) Spy Kids Lesson 10 Reading A Column Graph Data Picking Circle Graph Bar Graph All Parts

24. Prepared By: Veronica Seville M. Agnes Jones Let’s Have Successful Year!