Our students are asked to do this on a daily basis. We want to develop critical thinkers through analyzing and responding to text.
Reading like a detective means...
- Finding evidence in the text to support your answers
- Prove your answer by using text support
- Cite text by using quotation marks and then explain the author's message in your own words
Encourage your child to use the terms below to discuss texts. Model for your child and engage them in conversation.
Evidence Based Terms
The
author wrote…
The
author stated…
According
to the text…
The
text stated…
In
the text, it stated
One
example from the text is…
From
the reading, I know that…
Based
on what I read…
On
page __, it said…
On
page __, I noticed…
For
instance…
For
example…
This
made me think of…
This
made me realize…
Based
on this, I can infer…
This
reminded me of…
I
can relate to this because…
I
could visualize…
I
now understand….
It
says on page __, “__________” so now I know…
