SW-Be able to identify and complete an extended constructed response question.
Signal Words
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Signal Word
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What it asks the student to do |
What it does not ask the student to do |
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explain |
-write how something happens or works -give reasons and causes -give step-by-step details |
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identify |
-answer who, what, when, where, why, and how |
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describe |
-tell how something looks, feels, sounds |
-leave out the details |
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list |
-write series of words/phrases -come up with a few answers -could be examples, reasons, causes |
-write complete sentences -explain answers |
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analyze |
-look closely at info/data to reveal its meaning |
-give only an explanation |
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compare |
-write how things are alike |
-write how things are different |
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define |
-tell what a word means -tell a function/role -tell what category it belongs to |
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contrast |
-write how things are different |
-write how things are the alike |
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evaluate |
-give opinion and supporting facts/details -give good and bad points -explain why you have this opinion |
-give only an explanation |
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outline |
-organize answer into main parts -create a simple outline |
-include many details
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prove |
-present facts and details that show something is true -give evidence |
-just give an explanation |
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tell |
-write how something happens or works -give reasons and causes -give step-by-step details |
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summarize |
-tell important points in short form |
-include many details |
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eliminate |
-cross off something |
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choose |
-select an answer |
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recall |
-remember something previously learned |
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Baking Bonanza
1. Jan is baking. She needs 4 cups of sugar. Her problem is that she only has a 1/2 cup measure and a 3/4 cup measure. What is the least number of scoops that she could make in order to get 4 cups? Explain your answer.
2. A fourth- grade class traveled on a field trip in four separate vehicles. The school provided a lunch of submarine sandwiches for each group. When they stopped for lunch, the subs were cut and shared as follows:
• The first group had 3 people and shared 2 subs equally.
• The second group had 4 people and shared 3 subs equally.
• The third group had 9 people and shared 6 subs equally.
• The last group had 6 people and shared 4 subs equally.
When they returned from the field trip, the children began to argue that the portion of the sandwiches they received was not fair, that some children got more to eat than others. Were they right? Or did everyone get the same amount?
Evaluation:Complete page 56-Extended Constructed Response Question 7