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MASTER EVIDENCE-BASED RESPONSES

ERROR #1 | Response lacks sufficient evidence

Prepare students to provide 2-part answers.

Troubleshoot evidence errors in reading responses.

Remain neutral when asking How do you know? Have questions ready to encourage students to refer back to the text.

Ask text-dependent questions.

Decipher literal vs. inferential reading questions.

Prompt readers when their inferences are off track.

Target “best” and “most likely” answers.

Smoky Row Elementary teacher Barb Mahnesmith guides her fifth graders to analyze multiple-choice questions and answers.

Note the important or key words that would alter the meaning of each statement.

Guide students to eliminate wrong answers in multiple-choice questions.

ERROR #2 | Response relies solely on background

Identify details you can put “eyeballs” on.

Demonstrate the concept of
eyes on the text using peepers.

Weave the What, Which, & Where into textual citations.

ERROR #3 | Response includes irrelevant evidence

Define what makes a detail relevant.

Connect relevance to the question.

Explain that all details are not evidence.

Define evidence
versus details.

Conduct evidence sorts
with Evidence Bags.

Jamboard Evidence Bags

FigJam Template | Example

Goldilocks Evidence Sort

ERROR #4 | Response provides weak evidence

Emphasize the need to read ALL of the choices provided.

Identify the best answers.

PDF | Smartboard | Promethean
Resources for additional practice | Google Doc | PowerPoint

Rank evidence used in written responses.