Underlineimportantinformationin the text.Decide ifwhat youread wasimportant.Thinkabout whatthe detailstell you.Do youranswersmakesense?Comparethe text toothertexts.Makepredictions.Circle keywords inthequestions.Use detailstounderstandthe text.Read tosee if yourpredictionsare correct.Decide ifthe textmakessense.Ask who,what, when,where, why,and how.Relate thetext towhat youknow.Can youfind prooffor youranswer?Organizethe mainideas.Wonderaboutwhat willhappen.Turn thetitle into aquestion.Drawconclusionsas youread.Examineallpicturescarefully.Comparethe text tothe worldaround you.Look at allfouranswerchoices.Decide ifyou enjoyedreading thetext.What do theunderlinedwordsmean?What areyou learningfrom thetext?Stop andthink aftereveryparagraph!Underlineimportantinformationin the text.Decide ifwhat youread wasimportant.Thinkabout whatthe detailstell you.Do youranswersmakesense?Comparethe text toothertexts.Makepredictions.Circle keywords inthequestions.Use detailstounderstandthe text.Read tosee if yourpredictionsare correct.Decide ifthe textmakessense.Ask who,what, when,where, why,and how.Relate thetext towhat youknow.Can youfind prooffor youranswer?Organizethe mainideas.Wonderaboutwhat willhappen.Turn thetitle into aquestion.Drawconclusionsas youread.Examineallpicturescarefully.Comparethe text tothe worldaround you.Look at allfouranswerchoices.Decide ifyou enjoyedreading thetext.What do theunderlinedwordsmean?What areyou learningfrom thetext?Stop andthink aftereveryparagraph!

Things Good Readers Do When Taking a Test - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Underline important information in the text.
  2. Decide if what you read was important.
  3. Think about what the details tell you.
  4. Do your answers make sense?
  5. Compare the text to other texts.
  6. Make predictions.
  7. Circle key words in the questions.
  8. Use details to understand the text.
  9. Read to see if your predictions are correct.
  10. Decide if the text makes sense.
  11. Ask who, what, when, where, why, and how.
  12. Relate the text to what you know.
  13. Can you find proof for your answer?
  14. Organize the main ideas.
  15. Wonder about what will happen.
  16. Turn the title into a question.
  17. Draw conclusions as you read.
  18. Examine all pictures carefully.
  19. Compare the text to the world around you.
  20. Look at all four answer choices.
  21. Decide if you enjoyed reading the text.
  22. What do the underlined words mean?
  23. What are you learning from the text?
  24. Stop and think after every paragraph!