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Grade Level:
3
Subject:
Language Arts
Topic:
Finding the Main Idea
Objective:
Students will be able to create questions based on the big idea combined with nonfiction text features.
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Student Rubric:
4: I used the chapter titles to make questions to answer the big idea. I found more than one piece of evidence to answer each question.
3: I used the chapter title to make questions and answer the big idea. I found one piece of evidence to answer each question.
2: I used the chapter titles to make questions that had little to do with the big idea.
1: I did not use the big idea or chapter titles to make questions.
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Reflection:
The teacher will use exit slips where students identify strategies they used while focusing their reading. The students will self evaluate using the rubric guidelines. The teacher will use the students' rubric, note how students are effectively using highlighting tape for proof and writing down evidence, and keep anecdotal notes that focus on how students are generating questions and providing evidence.
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Materials:
various books on nonfiction: Odd Couples, Flashy Flamingos, highlighter tape, graphic organizer for finding answers to student made questions