2. What strategies can we use to help us answer questions? CCome QQuick RRun MMama PPlease!!!! CCome QQuick RRun MMama PPlease!!!!

3. C= Circle the Title/Italics Read and Circle the Title Read and Circle the Small Print Think of the Main Idea!!! Read and Circle the Title Read and Circle the Small Print Think of the Main Idea!!!

4. Q=Read the Questions and Underline Keywords Read each question. Decide if the question is thick or thin. Underline keywords that will help you remember the question. Read each answer choice. Read each question. Decide if the question is thick or thin. Underline keywords that will help you remember the question. Read each answer choice.

5. R=Read the Selection Read the title. Read and underline any keyword or phrases that you remember from the questions. Read any diagrams, charts, graphs, pictures, captions, or other extras! Read the title. Read and underline any keyword or phrases that you remember from the questions. Read any diagrams, charts, graphs, pictures, captions, or other extras!

6. M= Mark out the wrong answers P= Prove the correct answer Mark out the silly answer choices. Find the answer by looking back in the selection. Underline and number the part of the selection that helped you choose the correct answer for each question. Circle the correct answer! 1

7. Main Idea What keywords should we underline? What is the main idea of paragraph two? What is the story mostly about? What is another good title for this story? What is the article mostly about?

8. Sequence What keywords should would underline? What event in the story happened first? After it began to rain, what happened next? What happened on Sunday? Tell which event will fit in the empty box: Jackie left baseball. ? Jackie entered the Baseball Hall Fame

9. Inference What keywords should we underline? From the story, you can tell that the problem was solved by? What can you conclude about Mt. Fuji? Which of these would you probably find in Japan? Why do you think the kids did not go outside?

10. Cause and Effect What keywords should we underline? The boy took the sheep to the meadow so that they could…? What causes the front wheels of the car to turn? What happens when a driver turns the steering wheel? Bones and horns were added to them because they…?

11. Compare and Contrast What keywords do we underline? How are Russia and Canada alike? How is Jupiter different from Earth? How are a tornado and a hurricane the same? What was one thing that Jen could do at age eight that Sam can also do is? Sam Max

12. Author’s Purpose What keywords should we underline? The author wrote this mainly to? The author’s main purpose of the selection is? The author included the chart to help you? What is the author’s purpose of paragraph one?

13. Let’s Practice! Click on the links below to practice using CQRMP! Outer Space: Outer Space3.pdfOuter Space3.pdf Hurricanes: Hurricanes3.pdfHurricanes3.pdf Standing at the Foul Line: Standing at the Foul Line3.pdfStanding at the Foul Line3.pdf Lady and Garden Hose: Lady and the Garden Hose3.pdfLady and the Garden Hose3.pdf Piano Lesson: Piano Lessons3.pdfPiano Lessons3.pdf