What strategies can we use to help us answer questions?

C ComeQ QuickR RunM MamaP Please!!!!

C ComeQ QuickR RunM MamaP Please!!!!

C= Circle the Title/ItalicsC= 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!!!

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.

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!

M= Mark out the wrong answersP= 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!

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Main IdeaWhat 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?

SequenceWhat 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

InferenceWhat 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?

Cause and EffectWhat 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…?

Compare and ContrastWhat 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

Author’s PurposeWhat 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?

Let’s Practice!

• Click on the links below to practice using CQRMP!

• Outer Space: Outer Space3.pdf• Hurricanes: Hurricanes3.pdf• Standing at the Foul Line: Standing at the Foul Line3.pdf• Lady and Garden Hose: Lady and the Garden Hose3.pdf• Piano Lesson: Piano Lessons3.pdf