This week in Language Arts, a big focus was on our Read Naturally program for fluency. A huge part of 4th grade is learning how to answer the comprehension questions correctly. There is a certain procedure that we go through to make sure that our answers are supported:
- · Pick 3 different colored pencils
- · Look at question 1 (main idea). Decide on what you think an answer is, then underline 3 sentences that support your main idea.
- · Look at question 2 (fact question). Find and underline the answer in your story.
- · Look at question 3 (vocabulary thinking question). Find the bolded word in your story and underline it. Try to figure out what it means, based on the other words.
- · Look at question 4 (thinking question). Use the information you learned and make a smart guess.
- · Answer question 5 in a complete sentence using at least 2 facts from the story.
As you can imagine, this is not an easy process. Typically this will be part of the Thursday night homework routine, but I want to make certain that everyone has it down pat in the classroom before they try to do it independently.
Do you have a complete beginning sentence? 10 points
Do you have a capital letter & punctuation? 10 points
Are words that you could have found in the story spelled correctly? 10 points
Do you have a complete middle sentence? 10 points
Do you have a capital letter & punctuation? 10 points
Are words that you could have found in the story spelled correctly? 10 points
Do you have a complete ending sentence? 10 points
Do you have a capital letter & punctuation? 10 points
Are words that you could have found in the story spelled correctly? 10 points
Did you include information from the story? 10 points
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