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Conquer state assessments
Grades 3-12 | ML Levels 3-5 | HANDOUT
Target short constructed-response writing
Take advantage of a consistent formula
Google Slide | Make the inference and use the details to write the response.
Connect QAR (Question-Answer Relationship) to Yes, MAAM.
Photocopy the bookmark sheets back to back and cut them individually. Students use the FRONT when practicing BASIC constructed-responses and the BACK after learning the ingredients to a more POLISHED response. BOOKMARKS | RACE | Yes, MA’AM | CER
Utilizing the same colors, Melinda Dittmer added DOs & DON’Ts to support her Isom third graders (Greenwood, IN).
Explain inferences in writing.
Grades 2-3 | Mini-Lesson Resources
Grades 4-6 | Mini-Lesson Resources
Grades 7-12 | Mini-Lesson Resources
Review session resources
Access smokejumper resources.
Access Subway resources.
Write the 1st sentence
Restate key words.
Write the 2nd & 3rd sentences
Support inferences with textual evidence.
Use sentence stems
in class discussions.
Introduce evidence with blended sentences.
Write the 4th sentence
Connect the dots in a concluding statement.
Insert elaboration
Connect elaboration to the Thinking Voice.
Readers blend evidence and elaboration.
Basic Formula
Black & White PDF | Google Slide | FigJam
Green & Yellow PDF | Google Slide | FigJam
With Elaboration
Black & White PDF | Google Slide | FigJam
Green & Yellow PDF | Google Slide | FigJam