I sent home most of the reading passages today, ungraded. I was disappointed when I saw that many were turned in without underlining the answers (or evidence for the answers) for each question. Many just underlined the answers that were "easy to find."
Every single question has some sort of evidence in the passage. It may not be a "right there answer" where the answer is written in the exact same words as the correct answer choice, but there is some sort of clue that leads you to the right answer. In other words, there is a reason why you think the right answer is the right answer.
I told the kids that they need to go back and find the evidence for every question and bring them back to me tomorrow. This is something that we have talked a LOT about in class, and they should know what the expectation is. This is also an objective that the state of Texas wants us to focus on in our classrooms this year because they have found that college students are having a hard time proving theories based on research. In elementary school, we are starting this skill at a very basic level so they can continue to build on it each year they are in school.
Our reading passage strategies are in the documents section on my DragonSpace page. You can print this out as a copy to use at home! :o)
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