Evidence Reading: From One Detail to Two Clues

Library package prepared 2 November 2026. Revised guides are marked with that date; unchanged teacher and student/core editions retain their file labels. Use the matching current guide supplied beside each task.

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Read the Question and Support Your Answer

Help students understand a question, give their own answer and explain why a detail supports it. Build toward a careful inference using two clues, with short fictional stories, guided practice and focused follow-up tasks.

Prerequisites: Access a short fictional story in an appropriate response condition. Identify the person and action named in a question, with clarification when needed. Communicate an answer by writing, typing, pointing with explanation, or an appropriate spoken/dictated response.

Prepare: Read Start Here; choose the starting task and teaching pages; preparation time depends on the selected route. Timing: Two 25–35-minute sessions Planning estimate; adjust for your class.

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1. Starting point — student.
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2. Model and guided practice — student.
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3. Independent reading check — student.
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4. Continue — student.
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5. Clarify — student. Give the Sharing the Score page alongside this task; the task sheet does not repeat its story. This is focused practice with a familiar story, not a new-text check.
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6. Reteach — student. Give the Sharing the Score page alongside this task; the task sheet does not repeat its story. This is focused practice with a familiar story, not a new-text check.
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7. Extend — student.
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8. Later follow up — student.
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9. Matching teacher guide and answers — teacher.
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