Are your ready to introduce your students to the Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER) constructed response writing strategy? This 5-day mini-lesson resource takes a step-by-step approach to teaching your students how to write evidence-based responses to questions. Students will gain an understanding of how to respond to a question by writing a claim, cite evidence from an article, and provide reasoning that connects back to the claim. With an emphasis on fostering the ability to craft well-suppo