direction words are your guide! crct vocabulary practice
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Direction Words Are Your Guide!
CRCT Vocabulary Practice
On the CRCT,
EXPLAIN means:
In your own words, tell how or why
Tell aboutDiscuss
On the CRCT,
SUMMARIZE means:
Give the short versionTell the main ideas or the most important parts
Sum it up
So, what happened was . . .
On the CRCT,
COMPARE means:Give all the likenesses or
similarities between two or more things
How are they alike?
On the CRCT,
CONTRAST means:Tell all of the differences
between two or more ideas
How are they different?
On the CRCT,
DESCRIBE means:Tell about using the five
senses (touch, smell, scent, sound, and look)
Paint a picture using words
On the CRCT Conclusion means
The end or the close The final part The result The outcome
“What is the conclusion of the story?”
On the CRCT,
PREDICT means:Tell what you think will happen next
Make a guess about the next eventThink ahead
On the CRCT,
SUPPORT means:
Back up with detailsGive reasons forGive the facts aboutDefend your ideas/ beliefs
On the CRCT,
EVALUATE means:
Tell the value ofIn your words, tell the good and bad parts
Put in rank orderJudge or rate
On the CRCT,
ANALYZE means:Break into parts
Study the individual pieces
Take apartLook at closer
On the CRCT,
INFER means:Read between the linesMake an educated guessLook for hidden informationFigure outBe a detective!
Put togetherCome up withCreateMakeDesign
On the CRCT,
FORMULATE means:
Well, in my opinion . . .
On the CRCT,
TRACE means:Write in order from beginning to end
List in stepsOutlineTrack or follow
On the CRCT,COMPOUND
means: More than one Look for two! Compound subject? Compound predicate? Compound sentence?
On the CRCT, the QUOTIENT is
The answer to a division problem!
8 ÷ 4 = 2
On the CRCT, DIVIDEND means
Divide this number It’s under the division bar! It’s probably the largest
number! It comes first in the division
sentence! 45 ÷ 9 = 5
On the CRCT, a DIVISOR is
the number you are dividing by…
the number of groups you are creating when you divide…
16 ÷ 2 = 8The number that sits outside
the division bar!
On the CRCT, DIFFERENCE
meansThe difference is the answer to a subtraction problem!
24 – 14 = 10
On the CRCT, PRODUCT means
The answer to a multiplication problem!
5 X 6 = 30
On the CRCT,
SUM means Add the numbers together to get your answer!
The answer to an addition problem… 5 + 10 = 15
On the CRCT,BEST choice
means The might be more than one that works, but which one works better than all the others?
On the CRCT,Also watch for…
Which does NOT… Which has the MOST… Which is BEST…You might see questions
about content written two different ways on the same test!
On the CRCT,
you are going to be a star!!!
Good Luck!