When Written Responses Lose Their Way
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writing in response to nonfiction texts
Can they explain the main idea statement?
Posted on March 10, 2017Can your students explain what their main idea statement means? Is a superficial understanding or misunderstanding of the main idea impacting their ability to identify or explain supporting details? We may need to give students time to unpack the main idea. A few suggestions for helping students unpack a main idea statement: 1. Ask them …Read more
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It’s frequently true. We have grand conversations about engaging nonfiction and then when our students write in response…well, the struggle is REAL. Here are some approaches I’ve found helpful in grades 2-6 — provide clear purpose for writing, respond to just a part of a text, plan for what they will write, engage students in …Read more