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Grade 6 ELA · reading evidence

Choose Evidence That Answers the Question

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Audience / fit
Grade 6 ELA
Teaching or planning target
Check a response, teach one of two evidence moves, then use fresh follow-up scenes.
Essential prerequisites
Students have been taught to connect an accurate passage detail to a supplied claim. Use the linked first-teaching lesson when that move needs instruction.
Preparation
About 3–5 minutes, estimated
Use time
Check A and Recheck B: about 4–6 minutes each; focused reteach: about 8–12 minutes, estimated
Materials
Selected student pages, paper and pencil or an established response method, and the separate teacher guide.
What to print
Use the primary PDF choice below and its matching adult guide. Print only the phase/task being used; keep complete keys and later checks with the teacher.

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Starting evidence check A · PDF (1 pages)

Read the teacher guide and answers · PDF (3 pages)

Print only the student pages you plan to use. Keep teacher answers and later checks with the teacher until their intended use.

Editable Word, browser copies and other files

Print and adapt for your own planning and classroom use; printed copies may be shared within your classroom or school team, provided the source is not sold. Keep attribution and resource-specific notices. For redistribution and third-party materials, read the Terms of Use. Recommend this resource using its page link.

Grade 6 Reading: Check, Reteach & Recheck · All free resources

Use this pack after teaching students to connect a passage detail to a supplied claim. Give a short first check, teach the observed next step, and use a new scene to see the reasoning again.

Who it is for
Grade 6 ELA
Text type
Five original fictional scenes
Preparation
About 3–5 minutes, estimated
Activity time
Check A and Recheck B: about 4–6 minutes each; focused reteach: about 8–12 minutes, estimated
Included
Five student stages, two teaching routes, answer guidance, alternatives, separate printable checks, shared guide and local planning record

Teacher quick start

  1. Print Check A. Confirm the learner can access the scene and prompt.
  2. Compare the response with the guide. Describe the detail and explanation actually present.
  3. If the detail is true but misses the claim, teach route A. If the detail fits but the explanation is absent, teach route B. Clarify a blank or uninterpretable response first.
  4. Use the Newspaper model and Lost Notebook guided practice. Then give the unseen Recheck B.
  5. Use Later Check C after another learning opportunity. Compare visible reasoning and conditions, not a mastery percentage.

Choose the next teaching move

True detail, weak match to the claim
Route A: compare the smiling photograph with the repair photograph, then compare the comet sticker with Inez's return action.
Relevant detail, missing connection
Route B: keep the detail and ask how it shows the claimed action or choice; then use the notebook scene for a new explanation.
Broad claim beyond the scene
Return to the supplied claim and identify what the scene leaves unknown.
Blank or unclear response
Check access, task understanding, time, and response conditions before selecting a content reteach.
Additional files · teacher preparation

Use the separate stage choices above for student handouts. Complete selections may include later tasks or answers.

Starting guide preview for Choose Evidence That Answers the Question

Student pages

Additional files · teacher preparation

Use the separate stage choices above for student handouts. Complete selections may include later tasks or answers.

Read the complete student packet in HTML. The complete packet is five pages; Check A, Recheck B, and Later Check C are also separate one-page files.

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Teacher files

Read the teacher guide and answer key in HTML. Teacher answers are separate from student files.

Starting guide preview for Choose Evidence That Answers the Question

Shared category tools

Choose a next move

Choose a route that fits the response and your teaching goal. These are links to materials already supplied, not a prescribed sequence or a placement decision.

Save follow-up passages until students are ready to try them on their own. Once a passage has been shown, modeled or practiced, use it for practice. Keep answer keys with the teacher and use each resource’s own learning target and criteria.

About the materials

The teaching examples are fictional. You may print and adapt these materials for classroom use; retain attribution and identify local changes. Keep student notes locally under your school’s procedures.

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When the question needs first teaching

Read the Question and Support Your Answer — Use the short-fiction bridge to teach question understanding and an own answer before working with a supplied claim.

Editable Word files

Additional files · teacher preparation

Use the separate stage choices above for student handouts. Complete selections may include later tasks or answers.

Reading classroom tools Word files (ZIP). Choose the editable files that match the task you will use. Use the individual downloads above for PDFs, HTML and the complete student packet. Keep the bundles with the teacher and share only selected student tasks.

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Do not include student names or identifiable work in an issue report. Page revision: 15 October 2026; classroom files retain their own editions.