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Reading Response

Completing this work for best response requires multiple steps. Please encourage your child to complete the steps below when doing this work.

1. Look over the entire packet. ____
2. Preread: ____

1. Notice titles and subtitles.
2. Study illustrations, read captions
3. Read the directions and italics at the top of the page.
4. Think abou the genre and make predictions about the article.

3. Read all the questions, underline key words. ____
4. Read the passage slow enough to “see a movie in your mind.” Underline key words that respond to the open response question and multiple choice questions.  Draw pictures and make notes to help build understanding. ____
5. Complete planner for open response question.  Best open response questions include the following: ____

1. Restate questions as topic sentence.
2. Quote and explanation that answers question.
3. Second quote and explanation that answers question.
4. Third quote and explanation that answers question.
5. Summary/closing sentence that restates in the answer in one sentence.

6. Complete Multiple Choice Questions. ____

1. Read question (cover answers)
2. Think of answer and jot it down.
3. Then, and only then look at answer choices.  Two choices will be way off, one will be close and only one will be the right answer.

7. Write your open response answer on lined paper (see paper in packet). Use your planner as a guide. Reread your answer to check for missing words, punctuation or grammar when you are done writing.  _____

Gray Lines are areas for your own explanation of how the exact words from the text prove, describe or illustrate a point or idea.

Other words for show: illustrate, depict, demonstrate, prove, portray, represent, describe.