Citing text evidence

Knowing the answer is one thing...but being able to justify your thinking by citing text is an entirely different type of skill. Taking the text and combing through it, like an old man at the beach with a metal detector, determined to find some treasures, not only takes strong reading comprehension skills, but also takes some perseverance, to find what we're looking for. In this post by The Teacher Next Door, I'll share the six steps I use in my classroom, to teach this important reading…

Fun ways of teaching your students how to cite text evidence when speaking & answering a text-based prompt. Tips & Ideas for ELA teachers

Do you dread teaching your upper elementary students how to cite text evidence when responding to text? It can be challenging – but it doesn’t have to be! Teaching students how to cite text evidence with sentence starters will make this difficult skill much easier. Once they learn how to do it correctly with these sentence starters, their reading responses will improve! Grab this FREE Student Reference Chart so your 3rd and 4th-grade students can master this important skill! CLICK HERE!

Citing text evidence chart. Will give a copy to past in my ELL and Special Ed students' interactive science journal.

Knowing the answer is one thing...but being able to justify your thinking by citing text is an entirely different type of skill. Taking the text and combing through it, like an old man at the beach with a metal detector, determined to find some treasures, not only takes strong reading comprehension skills, but also takes some perseverance, to find what we're looking for. In this post by The Teacher Next Door, I'll share the six steps I use in my classroom, to teach this important reading…

Here's a step-by-step guide for teaching students to identify text evidence and support answers to questions with evidence from passages.

Are your students having trouble finding answers and citing evidence in their reading? This STEP-BY-STEP process scaffolds through reading strategies to help your students be successful! Students will learn the acronyms for ACE, RACE, and RAP to provide them with the proper tools for citing evidence effectively along with tips to keep them engaged! Teach reading | Reading strategies | Reading classroom | Learn to read | Love reading

Item description Your students will be able to cite text evidence like pros with this set of posters, bookmarks, and reference sheet! POSTERS (set of 6) These include text evidence sentence stems with examples to help students respond to their reading. Provided in both color and black and white versions. BOOKMARKS Black and white bookmarks with useful text evidence stems that students can refer back to while reading REFERENCE SHEET Includes stems and examples from the posters in a…

Getting upper elementary students to find and cite text evidence can be tough, but in this post, you'll find lots of practical ideas and activities to help your 3rd - 5th grade students master this important reading concept. This post will enable teachers to implement a variety of classroom reading experiences that reinforce text evidence. Click on the link to find out more!

Do your students struggle with finding and citing text evidence? Check out this post for text evidence activities, tips, and strategies (with freebies).