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Easily Cite Text Evidence. The No-Prep Step-by-Step Text Evidence Mastery unit takes a student-centered approach, placing the learner at the heart of the learning process using text evidence passages, text evidence task cards, citing text evidence worksheets, and more. With a carefully scaffolded curriculum, students will learn to identify, evaluate, and utilize textual evidence effectively. Get ready for increased reading comprehension! SEE PREVIEW!

This unit caters to diverse grade levels, from basic to advanced, and ensures progressive skill development. It is a standard-based unit with RACE or ACE strategies for inference, citing evidence, paraphrasing, and quoting. It is beneficial when prepping for state tests or assessments requiring text-dependent analysis.

WHAT WILL YOU FIND IN THIS STEP-BY-STEP TEXT EVIDENCE UNIT?

1. SCRIPTED LESSON PLANS AND SUGGESTED MENTOR TEXT LIST: These plans take the guesswork out of teaching text evidence.

2. ANCHOR CHARTS: Text Evidence Anchor Charts and examples for:

• What is text evidence?
• How to provide text evidence using RACE (RESTATE, ANSWER, CITE, EXPLAIN) or ACE (ANSWER, CITE, EXPLAIN)
• How to RESTATE a question
• How to ANSWER questions
• Prior Knowledge
• Inferences
• How to CITE EVIDENCE
• How to EXPLAIN
• Paraphrasing using RAP
• Quoting

3. MINI-LESSON PRACTICE PAGES: Students will build confidence by practicing each mini-lesson.

4. FIVE DIFFERENTIATION PASSAGES WITH OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS: The three LEXILE LEVELS for each of the high-interest informative reading passages are 500, 700, & 950 (Gr. 4-6). Passage 1 has questions within the RACE or ACE charts, passages 2-4 have lines for answers, and passage 5 is an assessment.

5. INTERACTIVE NOTES (DIFFERENTIATED): There are notes for every anchor chart. The digital version has fill-in-the-box notes, and the printable version has four choices. (all notes included, sentence frames, write all notes, mini-anchor chart) Mini-anchor charts are great for absent students or saving time.

6. TASK CARDS: 24 task cards with multiple-choice and open-ended questions for step-by-step practice. The printable version is perfect for centers and posting around the room (directions and template included). The digital version comes in GOOGLE SLIDES.

7. BONUS ACTIVITIES: Directions for a hands-on activity are included. A book response page and two graphic organizers can also be used with any book.

8. TRACKING FORM: Track each student's progress.

★ PDF, POWERPOINT, AND GOOGLE. Please Note: All Google Links and answer keys are in the Teacher Printable PDF.

★ If you are looking for RACES, there are supplement materials that can be used along with RACE: RACES anchor chart, interactive page for "S" and RACES, and RACES charts to use with the passages. Please Note: This is supplemental, so use the RACE file and supplemental materials. It is PDF only.

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COMMON CORE STANDARDS: RL4.1, RL5.1, R.6.1, RI 4.1, 5.1, 6.1

CCSS RI.4.1

Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

CCSS RI.5.1

Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

CCSS RI.6.1

Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly, as well as inferences drawn from the text.

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