New reading standards emphasize close reading, so students in 5th grade accelerated reading are developing their annotation skills. They are using pens, highlighters, and sticky notes to mark up both informational and fiction texts. In The Witch of Blackbird Pond, they are highlighting examples of figurative language and characterization. In a related informational text about the Puritans, they highlighted the author’s claims and evidence to support those claims. Then they determined the article’s central idea and support. Finally, they compared the factual information about the Puritans to the depiction in the novel.
October 8, 2015New reading standards emphasize close reading, so students in 5th grade accelerated reading are developing their annotation skills. They are using pens, highlighters, and sticky notes to mark up both informational and fiction texts. In The Witch of Blackbird Pond, they are highlighting examples of figurative language and characterization. In a related informational text about the Puritans, they highlighted the author’s claims and evidence to support those claims. Then they determined the article’s central idea and support. Finally, they compared the factual information about the Puritans to the depiction in the novel.
