10(B) Retell Important Facts in Informational/Expository Text (Readiness)

Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text
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10(B) retell important facts in a text, heard or read	14(B) identify important facts or details in text, heard or read	14(B) locate the facts that are clearly stated in a text	13(B) draw conclusions from the facts presented in text and support those assertions with textual evidence	11(B) distinguish fact from opinion in  a text and explain how to verify what is a fact	11(B) determine the facts in text and verify them through established methods
retell important facts in a text heard retell important facts in a text read

Activities:

• CoonectED - Animated Comprehension Lesson-Retell/Summarize 
• Spanish - Lecciones Animadas de Comprension-Resumir
• Make a movie in your head to visualize and retell important facts in the text heard or read
• Use a Flow Map as a visual to retell information in the text
• Use copies of some of the photographs to retell importants facts.  Then some of the students can write about the photographs during writer's workshop.
• BEFORE READING VOCABULARY:  Pick words that describe important facts and photographs to match the word.  To pre-teach/introduce vocabulary, students will read the word and match to the photograph.

Anchor Stations:

• Place this activity in an anchor station. BEFORE READING VOCABULARY:  Pick words that describe important facts and photographs to match the word.  To pre-teach/introduce vocabulary, students will read the word and match to the photograph.