12 Powerful Words

The 12 Powerful Words are words that

• increase test scores

• reduce test anxiety

• help to close the achievement gap

• all the above

Analyze means

• Break it down into parts

• What is the hidden meaning?

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CCSS.W.4.9A

Evaluate means

• Give details about it. Paint a picture.

• Tell the good and bad. Judge it.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

Infer means to

• Read between the lines. What is the hidden meaning?

• Provide evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

Explain means to

• Teach me or show me.

• Tell the differences

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.W.4.2D

Support means to

• Tell the main idea

• Back up with information. Prove.

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.SL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.1B

CCSS.W.4.9A

Compare means

• Tell all the ways they are different.

• Tell all the ways they are the same

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

Predict means

• Tell about the parts

• Hypothesize.

Summarize means

• Tell the beginning , the middle, and the end.

• Paint a picture with words.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Contrast means

• Tell how they are different.

• Tell the steps

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.6

CCSS.RL.4.6