Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. First, I explain that they need to identify WHAT it is asking them to find out, and most often, the easiest way to do that is by looking for one of the 5Ws– Who, What, Where, When, Why, and of course, How.

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They underline what the question is asking in RED because they don’t need to include those words in their answer. Thank you so much for the great ideas! And—holy moly—can you imagine conversations via text if we had to restate the question every time? Here are some updated pictures of what I’ve done… The biggest change is on the first picture where I have them compare their answers and figure out how that impacted the questions they wrote. I get it.”. Kristina responded with this video and MAAM = RACE downloadable. I'm a new teacher of first grade and wonder if they could handle this. Your email address will not be published. This really helped my students to see how to format their questions.

This prevents students from answering questions awkwardly. 1 point for providing textual evidence that supports the inference.

I'm wondering what grade you would teach this in? Almost every question they wrote was identical, because the questions HAD been restated in the answer. Thanks to social media and texting, writing has become very informal. It stands for Putting the Question in the Answer.

It was fun to read some of the questions the kids came up with because they were all different. Am I the only one who adds this skill to her plans ASAP for the new school year? I've always struggled with teaching this, and seeing the way you do it has really helped a lot! Capitalize on the work you’ve done.

If restating the question is the correct way to write an answer, why is it so hard for kids to learn? Then, I had them do 8 of the blue cards, which don’t give them any clues. This is going in my lesson plans.

Ultimate Guide to the Six Traits of Writing. ANSWER: A common expectation of standardized assessments is for students to write brief constructed responses that articulate their thinking about the reading. It was a great discussion starter!

The Hmmmschooling Mom is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. PQA! I always teach this skill at the beginning of the year, but these ideas are perfect! (and Other Coke Experiments). Thank you for yet another outstanding resource that is so easy to follow and involve the students. So one day, I handed them this piece of paper.

Most constructed-response rubrics do not require students to restate the question. For instance, without taking this step, they might say, “How long it takes to get to the mall is 20 minutes.”  When they eliminate that question word, it sounds more natural. And you’ll notice that when I answered him, I did not restate the question. When you want to restate an idea, don't start with the original phrasing and try to change it. Kids and adults read a lot of things in their daily life that do not follow the restate the question format. « (Almost) All The Resources You Could Ever Want. You can see all of this in answer chart above. Next, we do some group work to show WHY it’s so important to restate the question and to also see some of the incorrect ways that students sometimes write their answers.

We are often taught the reason for answering a question by restating the question is because if someone was reading our work that was not aware of the what the question had been, they would not be confused as to what we were answering. Love this! I love it!

2. (If you have one, please feel free to leave it in the comments. For this first one, the answers were ALL OVER THE BOARD! Question 5: Why did the family move to California? When we first start this skill, I have them use red and green to write their answers. The next day, I had them do the same task with a partner to reinforce the idea. Have you ever stopped to consider how silly that would sound? Then I handed both of my sons this paper: Oldest son, catching on: “Funny, Mom. Tired of constantly writing, “Restate the question!” over and over again on my students’ papers, I decided to make a creative writing center out of it. No! (Side note– you can really do this activity in any order. 1 point for providing textual evidence that supports the inference. Possible. I’ve also seen TTQA (Turn The Question Around) which is … Reason #3: There aren’t a whole lot of real life examples outside of schoolwork or essays where restating the question is the norm. Case in point: Me: Are you able to go out for coffee tomorrow?

I just bought your task card set for Awesome Answers and I can't wait to put them into action with my third graders! I love this lesson! A restatement uses different sentence structure.

Thanks for all your creativity! We start with a lesson about how to restate the question. The red part is their answer to whatever question is being asked. I have tried several different ways to teach this, but yours makes the most sense. I hope your students do, too!

This also can be used to prep students for extended r

Making sure they: restate the question, locate information, add an opinion and end with a meaningful conclusion.

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There are merits to both ways.) Homeschool Mission Statement: Family Activity, Prepared for the future: the one skill you’ll actually need. In fact, the typical constructed-response question is worth two points. So, no, students do not have to restate the question. In fact, the typical constructed-response question is worth two points.

To support students in writing a succinct yet complete response, teachers often provide them with an acronym. FAQ: Do students have to restate the question when writing a constructed response? 1 point for answering the question. I’ve failed to “restate the question” several times already in this article. When I tried clicking on HERE, I only got a blank page. It sounds like a conversation between robots. Will use this.

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In restating your thesis, draw on the information you’ve discussed or relationships you’ve established throughout the paper.

Do you have a tutorial on that?”. Thank you for the practice sheets! It helps students answer reading comprehension questions with detailed support.

It’s crucial, and it’s one of those skills that kids tend to resist a little bit because they don’t understand WHY it’s so important. You are right, no matter what we think, they always need to review this and the beginning of the year is a good time for this fun activity!

After this task, it was time to start applying it to their literature– the whole point of learning the concept.

I wrote six different answers to questions on a piece of chart paper. You can download this free lesson below! Soon. Eventually, it becomes natural, but at first, this is a great way to scaffold the skill! I would even argue that writing was steering towards informal before that. Question 1: Why didn’t you eat your bacon for breakfast? But the big question is whether standardized assessments expect this, too. Without restating part of the question, there is no context for the answer.

I had them do 8 of these. So, for the first question, they underlined “How long,” and they write “20 minutes” in red to show their answer. When your reader read the original thesis in the introduction, s/he hadn’t read the rest of the paper, but now s/he has—use that to your advantage. This SLAM Response is a guided step by step process.

We then discussed how we could better write the answers to those questions (by restating the question) so the readers would have a better idea of what was going on. How and When I Teach Reading Skills in Upper Elementary ». Friend: I am not able to go out for coffee tomorrow. Friend: This weekend does not work better. My sons have always struggled with restating the question in their writing. Frozen Colored Water Balloons: Does it Work?

It’s kind of fun, too: Students are given completely ridiculous questions to answer, and their response is 100% correct as long as they restate the question and use proper punctuation. They all had a solid understanding of how (and WHY) to put the question in the answer. Question 2: Why did mom burn the cupcakes? (More on that in a bit.). Question 3: What time does the stadium open for the game? It’s out of the blue. You can find these task cards at my TpT store HERE.