4.6.H
ELA4th GradeThe student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.
The Standard
synthesize information to create new understanding
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students combine related details from one or more texts with what they already know. They use those connections to form a new conclusion or insight.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students connect details from different parts of a text, other texts, or prior knowledge. They state a new conclusion and support it with relevant evidence.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may retell separate facts instead of combining them. They may also add unsupported opinions or assume synthesis means writing a summary.
How to Assess It
- Give students two short paragraphs about the same topic. Ask, “What new conclusion can you draw by combining details from both paragraphs?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs fact cards about one animal, then have them sort, connect, and write one conclusion the combined facts support.
After reading two accounts of an event, ask students to write what they understand now that neither account explains alone.
Play Synthesis Match by having teams pair evidence cards from two texts with the new conclusion those details support.
Compare two school lunch menus, then write a recommendation using nutrition facts, prices, and student preferences from both.
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