Read: Use purposeful reading skills to access and comprehend information (Access)
Think: Use critical thinking skills to analyze and assess information (Evaluate)
Select: Use critical selecting skills to synthesize information (Use)
Common Core Standards: Curriculum Standards
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.1
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.3
Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.4
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.5
Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.
Students learned so many new skills during this lesson. I am very happy with the end product. This activity inspired my Action Research Project.