We CARE at MES!
Just like we care about how we treat others and our
environment, MES students care about their work.
•Caring about your work means that you...•Read the text carefully.
•Read each question carefully and thoroughly.
•Think carefully about how you will answer the questions. Where will you get your information (“Right there,” “Think and Search,” or “On My Own”)?
•Follow the “CARE” checklist to be sure that you do your best work.
How can you show what you know
unless you “CARE” about your work?
We CARE at MES!Connect your answer to the question by restating.-Underline the part of the question that will start your answer.
Answer all parts of the question. -Number the parts of the question you need to answer before you start your answer.
Relate your answer to the selection. -Use supporting details from the text.
Edit your answer. -Check for:
-spelling, capitalization, punctuation-complete sentences
ConnectConnect your answer to the
question by restating.
Underline the part of the question that will start your answer.
Question:What is the name of your new dog?
Restate the Question (RSQ):The name of my new dog is
Sparky.
Answer
Answer all parts of the question.
Number the parts of the question you need to answer before you start your answer.
What is a character trait that describes Skippy jon Jones? Explain
your answer.
A character trait that describes Skippy jon Jones is
imaginative. He is imaginative because he goes into his closet and
pretends he is El Skipito, the great sword fighter.
Relate
Relate your answer to the selection.
Use supporting details from the text.
What genre is The Three Little Pigs? Use details from the selection to
support your answer.
The genre of The Three Little Pigs is fantasy. In the selection, the
pigs do things that are not realistic, like talking, cooking, and
building houses.
EditEdit your answer.
-Check for:-spelling-capitalization-punctuation-complete sentences
Check spelling
Does all of your spelling:Look right?
Sound right?Make sense?
CapitalizationBe sure you capitalized:•First words in sentences
•Names•The word “I”
•Titles
PunctuationBe sure you have:•Endmarks (. ? !)
•Commas (for lists and quotations)
•Quotation Marks
Are they all in the right places?
Complete Sentences
Check to be sure that all of your sentences have a
who or what (subject)
AND ado (predicate)