First Day to Test Day

Part 1 Secret Site

THINK BEYOND THE TEXT

Juggle reader voices

Apply reader voices to all text types.

Record the Thinking Voice.

Make inferences about implied ideas

Model how to make inferences about text.

Identify relevant text details

Support students as they learn to make inferences.

Root inferences in evidence

Prepare students to provide 2-part answers.

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.

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Resources for additional practice | Google Doc | PowerPoint

Teacher Katie Powell at Southmont Jr. HS (Crawfordsville, IN,) created the bullseye with floor tape. She gave groups “answer” index cards to place face down within the target. Then, they had a “big reveal.”