Marking the Text

 
CUBS for General Reading

  • C-Circle the Main Ideas

  • U-Underline important details

  • B-Box unknown words

  • S-Side Comments- thoughts, questions, ideas, prediction, or personal connections

 
 
CUBS for Word Problems

  • C-Circle words/phrases that express operations or comparisons

  • U-Underline words/phrases that express variables, units, and quantities

  • B-Box the statements that tell you what to do or solve for

  • S- Symbolically represent by translating English expressions/sentences to math expressions/sentences or vice versa given the type of problem