purposeful TALK focused around topics and texts appropriate to the grade level
Collaborative Conversations
LANGUAGE that describes one thing in terms of something else (simile, metaphor, personification)
Figurative Language
DETAILS from the text that help you make an inference or draw a conclusion
textual evidence
a BRIEF, organized WRITTEN COMPOSITION that ANSWERS a prompt
Short Constructed Response
the ability to process and UNDERSTAND the meaning of TEXT
reading comprehension
critical or explanatory NOTES or body of NOTES added to a text
annotation
an IDEA formed by combining text evidence, reasoning, and prior knowledge
inference
HINTS that an author gives to help DEFINE a difficult or UNFAMILIAR WORD
context clues
the content and form used to tell a STORY
Story Structure
one STUDENT reading and commenting on another STUDENT's written work
Peer Review
concise ANSWERS to questions about a text that INCLUDE supporting EVIDENCE
Text Dependent Responses