1. Warm Up
If a text question asks you what a word means, how do you find the answer? What strategies can you use?
If a question says “mostly about”, what is the question really asking for?
If it is a main idea question, what do you look for to find the answer?
If you are answering a WRITTEN RESPONSE QUESTION, what strategy do you use?

2. NonFiction Assessment Review
Miss C

3. Why is it important to have a game plan?

4. Our Game Plan Read the title and look at the text features.
Read the questions.
Read the text.
Answer one question at a time.
Tag as you go!

5. Read the title and look for text features.
STEP 1
Read the title and look for text features.

6. Smiling
Read the title and look for the text features.

7. Smiling
Read the title and look at the text features.

8. Smiling Read the title and look at the text features.
Remember: bold is a text feature! It means the word is important or maybe new!

9. STEP 2
Read the questions.

10. 2. Read the questions. 1.What does the word contort mean? Smile Move
Expressions
Face
2. What is this text mostly about?
Smiling is something you can do.
Smiling is an easy way to pass friendliness along.
Smiling takes 43 muscles in your face.
Frowning is an expression you make for sadness.
3. Which detail does the author use to support the main idea?
Just by simply smiling at someone else, you can make someone’s day brighter.
Either really big or wide or just a smirk
There are 43 muscles in your face
Pass it along!
4. What effect does smiling at someone have?
Those muscles are used to contort your face.
Smiling is a sign of friendliness.
You can make someone’s day brighter.
You can use 43 muscles in your face.
2. Read the questions.

11. STEP 3
Read the text.

12. 3. Read the text.

13. Answer one question at a time.
STEP 4
Answer one question at a time.

14. 4. Answer each question.

15. Context Clues Question
HINT:
Read around the word- it might just give you the definition!
Plug in the answers - which one makes sense?

17. Read around the word- it might just give you the definition!

18. Read around the word- it might just give you the definition!
Nope, not this time!

19. Context Clues Question
NEXT, LET’S TRY PLUGGING IN THE ANSWERS!
Plug in the answers - which one makes sense?
There are 43 muscles in your face, and many of those muscles are used to _________________ your face into different expressions.

20. Context Clues Question
Plug in the answers - which one makes sense?
There are 43 muscles in your face, and many of those muscles are used to ____smile__ your face into different expressions.

21. Context Clues Question
HINT:
Plug in the answers - which one makes sense?
There are 43 muscles in your face, and many of those muscles are used to ____move__ your face into different expressions.

22. Context Clues Question
HINT:
Plug in the answers - which one makes sense?
There are 43 muscles in your face, and many of those muscles are used to ____expressions__ your face into different expressions.

23. Context Clues Question
HINT:
Plug in the answers - which one makes sense?
There are 43 muscles in your face, and many of those muscles are used to ____face__ your face into different expressions.

24. Context Clues Question
This one fits best in the sentence!
HINT:
Plug in the answers - which one makes sense?
There are 43 muscles in your face, and many of those muscles are used to ____MOVE__ your face into different expressions.

25. 4. Answer each question.

26. Am I done with number 1?? Can I move on ???

28. Yay, you remembered!! You need to TAG before you move on!

29. STEP 5
Tag as you go!

30. 5. Tag each answer. 1

31. Let’s re-read the passage, just to refresh our brains!
Tuesday
Let’s re-read the passage, just to refresh our brains!

32. Answer one question at a time.
STEP 4
Answer one question at a time.

33. 4. Answer each question.

34. Main Idea Question What ideas are repeated? Hints:
What is the BIG IDEA?
What is the passage MOSTLY about?
Check the title!
~10 words
What ideas are repeated?

35. Search for repeated ideas and clues for main idea
Smiling, passing it on, happy

36. Read each answer choice and think about it!
4. Answer each question.
Read each answer choice and think about it!
True, but that’s not the point of this text.

37. Read each answer choice and think about it!
4. Answer each question.
Read each answer choice and think about it!
True, but that’s not the point of this text.
That has the repeated ideas, and captures what the whole text is about in ~10 words.

38. Read each answer choice and think about it!
4. Answer each question.
Read each answer choice and think about it!
True, but that’s not the point of this text.
That has the repeated ideas, and captures what the whole text is about in ~10 words.
The text says there are 43 muscles in your face, and that smiling uses some of them. So this is a detail, but not even correct.

39. Read each answer choice and think about it!
4. Answer each question.
Read each answer choice and think about it!
True, but that’s not the point of this text.
That has the repeated ideas, and captures what the whole text is about in ~10 words.
The text says there are 43 muscles in your face, and that smiling uses some of them. So this is a detail, but not even correct.
Yes this is true, but the title is smiling, and ideas about smiling are repeated, not frowning.

40. Read each answer choice and think about it!
4. Answer each question.
Read each answer choice and think about it!
True, but that’s not the point of this text.
That has the repeated ideas, and captures what the whole text is about in ~10 words.
The text says there are 43 muscles in your face, and that smiling uses some of them. So this is a detail, but not even correct.
Yes this is true, but the title is smiling, and ideas about smiling are repeated, not frowning.

41. Read each answer choice and think about it!
4. Answer each question.
Read each answer choice and think about it!
True, but that’s not the point of this text.
That has the repeated ideas, and captures what the whole text is about in ~10 words.
The text says there are 43 muscles in your face, and that smiling uses some of them. So this is a detail, but not even correct.
Yes this is true, but the title is smiling, and ideas about smiling are repeated, not frowning.

42. 5. Tag each answer. 1

43. Am I done with number 2?? Can I move on ???

45. Yay, you remembered!! You need to TAG before you move on!

46. STEP 5
Tag as you go!

47. 5. Tag each answer. 2 1 2

48. 5. Tag each answer. 2 1
You’re so smart!!!!! 2

49. Let’s re-read the passage, just to refresh our brains!
Wednesday
Let’s re-read the passage, just to refresh our brains!

50. 4. Answer each question.

51. 4. Answer each question.

52. Let’s review the main idea of this text. What was it again?

53. OH YEAHHH….
Look at the title.

54. Look at repeating ideas.
OH YEAHHH….
Look at the title.
Look at repeating ideas.

55. Look at repeating ideas. OR just look back at Question #2!!!!
OH YEAHHH….
Look at the title.
Look at repeating ideas.
OR just look back at Question #2!!!!

56. 2 1
You’re so smart!!!!! 2

57. Smiling is an easy way to pass friendliness along.
Main Idea is...
Smiling is an easy way to pass friendliness along.

58. What does it mean by supporting detail?
Your detail has to HOLD UP your main idea. Just like the legs on this stool!

59. There are lots of details in the text, but just because it is in the text, doesn’t mean it holds up your main idea!
So what happens if your details doesn’t support your main idea??

62. 4. Answer each question.
Has to do with smiling and making someone’s day brighter, and it is in the text! Let’s keep it!

63. 4. Answer each question.
Has to do with smiling and making someone’s day brighter, and it is in the text! Let’s keep it!
It is a detail from the text, but it doesn’t really support the main idea.

64. 4. Answer each question.
Has to do with smiling and making someone’s day brighter, and it is in the text! Let’s keep it!
Yes there are! but this is not important for the main idea.
It is a detail from the text, but it doesn’t really support the main idea.

65. 4. Answer each question.
Has to do with smiling and making someone’s day brighter, and it is in the text! Let’s keep it!
Yes there are! but this is not important for the main idea.
It is a detail from the text, but it doesn’t really support the main idea.
Pass what??? The mashed potatoes???

66. 4. Answer each question.
If all of these details were chair legs? Which one would you most want to hold up your chair?
Has to do with smiling and making someone’s day brighter, and it is in the text! Let’s keep it!
Yes there are! but this is not important for the main idea.
It is a detail from the text, but it doesn’t really support the main idea.
Pass what??? The mashed potatoes???

67. 4. Answer each question.
If all of these details were chair legs? Which one would you most want to hold up your chair?
Has to do with smiling and making someone’s day brighter, and it is in the text! Let’s keep it!
Yes there are! but this is not important for the main idea.
It is a detail from the text, but it doesn’t really support the main idea.
Pass what??? The mashed potatoes???

68. 4. Answer each question.

69. Am I done with number 3?? Can I move on ???

71. Yay, you remembered!! You need to TAG before you move on!

72. STEP 5
Tag as you go!

73. 4. Answer each question. 3

74. Let’s re-read the passage, just to refresh our brains!
Thursday
Let’s re-read the passage, just to refresh our brains!

75. Answer one question at a time.
STEP 4
Answer one question at a time.

76. 4. Answer each question.

77. Cause and Effect Effect Cause -what happened -result -outcome
-Reason something happens
-what made it happen
-WHY

78. Let’s say you leave your cute little dog home all alone for 8 hours with no chew toys. What might happen?

79. Dog left alone all day with no toys.
CAUSE-
Dog left alone all day with no toys.
This is not my dog, but it is still super cute :)

80. EFFECT-
The dog chews everything in sight and now you have a gigantic mess. Oops!

81. EFFECT-
The dog chews everything in sight and now you have a gigantic mess. Oops!

82. One more example...

83. You are eating lunch and you take a big gulp of milk
You are eating lunch and you take a big gulp of milk. Miss Morgan just happens to tell a hilarious joke (like always). What might happen?

84. Cause-
Kids are drinking milk while Miss Morgan tells a joke.

85. Effect-
You laugh so hard that milk comes out of your mouth and maybe even your nose!!

86. 4. Answer each question.
Cause -
Smiling at someone

87. 4. Answer each question.
Cause -
Smiling at someone
Effect- ?

88. 4. Answer each question.
Cause -
Smiling at someone
Effect- ?

89. 4. Answer each question. Cause - Smiling at someone Effect-
They smile back and they have a better day.

90. 4. Answer each question. Cause - Smiling at someone Effect-
They smile back and they have a better day.

91. Am I done with number 4?? Can I move on ???

93. Yay, you remembered!! You need to TAG before you move on!

94. STEP 5
Tag as you go!

95. 4. Answer each question. 4