4.7.C

ELA4th GradeThe student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

The Standard

use text evidence to support an appropriate response

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students answer questions or make claims about something they read, hear, or view. They select a relevant detail and explain how it supports their response.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student gives a clear answer that fits the source. The student quotes or paraphrases a relevant detail and explains the connection between that evidence and the answer.
Common Misconceptions: Students may retell the whole source instead of selecting one relevant detail. They may copy a sentence without explaining how it supports their answer, or choose evidence based only on a matching word.
How to Assess It: Give students a short passage and ask, “What lesson does the character learn? Use one detail from the passage and explain how it supports your answer.”

Lesson moves

Give pairs claim and evidence sentence strips from a shared story, then have them match each claim to the strongest supporting detail.
After a read-aloud, ask, “Was the character’s choice fair?” Students answer, cite one detail, and explain their reasoning.
Play Evidence Detective: teams draw question cards, find a matching passage detail, and earn a point only after explaining the connection.
Show a school lunch menu and nutrition chart, then ask students to recommend one meal using two facts from the sources.

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