First Day to Test Day
Part 1 Secret Site
THINK BEYOND THE TEXT
Links to Assignments in Writable
Elementary Course Assignments
Middle Course Assignments
High School Course Assignments
Juggle reader voices
Apply reader voices to all text types.
Provide students mini-signs
Color | Black & White
Spanish
Record the Thinking Voice.
Make inferences about implied ideas
8½x11 Silhouette | Color | Black & White
Chart Sense | Grades K-2 | Grades 3-8
Google Slide
with text boxes | with colored boxes
Identify relevant text details
Support students as they learn to make inferences.
Root inferences in evidence
Prepare students to provide 2-part answers.
Remain neutral when asking How do you know? Have questions ready to encourage students to refer back to the text.
Explain that all details are not evidence.
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.
PDF | Smartboard | Promethean
Resources for additional practice | Google Doc | PowerPoint