Find the Text Evidence! Reading Comprehension & Literacy Skill Development (One-time)

In this one-time course, students will become text detectives! Students will find the evidence from the passages to prove their answers.

This class uses an active reading strategy – by color-coding our answers – with non-fiction informational text passages. Referring back to the text in order to support an answer is an important skill for readers to learn.  To prove basic comprehension skills, we will read short passages and underline in the text (with a colored pencil or crayon) where learners find their answers.  Color-coding helps students to organize their thinking. Students will also write their answers using complete sentences. 

During the class, I will be displaying the passages on the screen. However, students will benefit the most from this activity if they print their own copy of the passages so that they can actively color-code the answers. 

Current text passage: Cool & Colorful Chameleons.