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)