As I have transitioned into more of a common core classroom, I decided to create an anchor chart of evidence based terms that I found on Pinterest. Any time my class writes, they know they are to include an array of these terms. When I started off teaching this strategy, we solely focused on "because" since it would be the simplest of the terms to get into the habit of using. Then we moved onto "It said on page" because it would be the easiest way to start proving where they had located their information. We then began experimenting with the remainder of the terms so that we always proved where we found our answers when completing a variety of tasks, such as group discussions, projects, or written responses.
Here are some of the terms you can start having your students use:
- because
- for instance
- for example
- the author said
- according to the text
- it said on page
- from the reading, I know that
- let me explain
What are some terms that you use with your class?
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