Synthesizing
Questioning and Inferring
We are learning to understand text more deeply by asking questions before, during, and after we finish reading. We are also learning how to infer what something means, when it is not written in the text.
To be successful, we need to
To be successful, we need to
- Ask questions before we begin reading to activate our schema.
- Ask questions as we read to help us better understand the ideas in the text.
- Ask questions after we finish reading to answer any of our "wonderings".
- Ask thin and deep thinking questions.
- Infer to answer deep thinking questions
- Use text evidence
- Use our background knowledge (schema)
- Find meaning in a text where it is not written or said
Here is an example from the book: The Sweetest Fig - Chris Van Allsburg
Text pages where the text evidence can be found.
Our inferences based on text evidence and our schema.
Summarizing Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts:
Success Criteria
We are learning how to summarize important ideas from a text.
To be successful, we need to
It is not expected to be long. It should only include important details
To be successful, we need to
- Answer the 5 W's and H (when possible)
- Who, what, where, when, why, how
- Combine sentences and ideas when possible
- Include the main idea
- Include the important details
- Write our summary in our own words.
- Make sure our opinions are not included in the summary
It is not expected to be long. It should only include important details
Here is our modeled class sample based on the text: One Lucky Girl
Summary:
In the story, One Lucky Girl, written by George Ella Lyon, a boy named Nick, his dad, his mom and baby sister, Becky live in a trailer during the summer at a racetrack. One day, in the afternoon, Becky was sleeping in her crib, while Nick and their parents were outside, a tornado rips through the area, tearing apart metal, and turning trailers on their side and upside down. All that was left of Nick's family trailer was the frame and wheels. The trailer, with Becky inside, was blown away! Everyone runs in the direction of the trailers trail, looking under its pieces but there was no sign of Becky. Nick thinks he sees something toward the training track. He runs towards it and sees Becky's crib in the grass, with Becky still inside it fast asleep! Even though the family had nowhere to live, they were still happy to be all together.
In the story, One Lucky Girl, written by George Ella Lyon, a boy named Nick, his dad, his mom and baby sister, Becky live in a trailer during the summer at a racetrack. One day, in the afternoon, Becky was sleeping in her crib, while Nick and their parents were outside, a tornado rips through the area, tearing apart metal, and turning trailers on their side and upside down. All that was left of Nick's family trailer was the frame and wheels. The trailer, with Becky inside, was blown away! Everyone runs in the direction of the trailers trail, looking under its pieces but there was no sign of Becky. Nick thinks he sees something toward the training track. He runs towards it and sees Becky's crib in the grass, with Becky still inside it fast asleep! Even though the family had nowhere to live, they were still happy to be all together.
Visualizing and Connecting Strategies for our Reading
In class, we are learning how to use multiple reading strategies to help us better understand what we read.
For us to be successful, we need to...
For us to be successful, we need to...
- Understand that descriptive words help us create mental images
- Understand that we use our senses to create vivid (stronger) images
- Understand that our images change as we continue to read a text
We are learning how to make connections to our readings:
For us to be successful, we need to:
Here is our class example of a text-to-text connection:
For us to be successful, we need to:
- We can use events and ideas from a book and make a connection to our own personal experience
- We can use events and ideas from a book and make a connection to a different book
- We can use events and ideas from a book and make a connection to experiences and events in the world (outside of our community)
- We can find similarities and differences between our texts and connections, focusing on:
- Character feelings
- Main ideas
- We use sentence starters when we make our connections
- We include our opinions and thoughts about a event or idea in a text and support it
Here is our class example of a text-to-text connection: