5.6.H
ELA5th 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 put related details and ideas together to form a new conclusion. They explain how information from different parts or sources changed or deepened their understanding.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students connect relevant details from one or more parts of a text. They state a reasonable new conclusion and explain how the details led to it.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may list facts without explaining how they fit together. They may also copy one source, add an unsupported opinion, or confuse a summary with a new conclusion.
How to Assess It
- Give students two short paragraphs about the same topic. Ask, "What new conclusion can you draw from both paragraphs, and which details support it?"
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups fact cards about an animal, then have them sort, connect, and use the facts to form one new conclusion.
Ask students to write, "After connecting these two details, I now understand that..." and explain their reasoning to a partner.
Play Synthesis Match by having students pair detail cards, write a new conclusion, and earn a point when classmates verify the evidence.
Compare two school lunch menus and nutrition facts, then have students recommend one change based on information from both sources.
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