This always makes perfect sense to my students. We need to be able to go back into the story and prove our answers so that people don’t think we are making things up!” I begin by sharing this very simple explanation with my students: “When we read, we often have to answer questions or share what we know about the text with others. There are several reasons why text evidence skills are important, but let’s start with how we explain it to little ones.
#Citing textual evidence worksheet how to
Once we start to develop strong writing skills, I teach them how to use text evidence within their writing pieces. In my primary classroom, I first teach my students how to cite textual evidence orally during whole-group and small-group reading as we are referring to a book, passage, poem, or shared reading.
When we cite textual evidence, we paraphrase, quote, or refer to the specific part of the text that we are using to back up or support our thoughts and ideas.
Text evidence is any evidence from a fiction or nonfiction text that can be used to support ideas, arguments, opinions, and thoughts. This means my blog receives a tiny compensation if you make a purchase through my links – at absolutely no extra cost to you! These links help maintain my blog in order to continue sharing free resources and ideas with you. Text evidence skills are important, but how do you even begin to TEACH text evidence skills to primary readers? In this blog post, I’ll share the activities, lessons, and ideas I use to get my little readers into the habit of using and citing text evidence as they read- even in kindergarten! (Yes, you read that correctly! I’m going to show you how even our tiniest readers can begin to develop skills that will lay the foundation for becoming experts in the skill of citing text evidence!) I’ll even be sharing some of my Text Evidence Reading Passages with you! Let’s get started!
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