What is evaluating, anyway? Well, here's our fancy educators' definition:
Readers judge, justify, and/or defend understandings to determine importance based on stated criteria.
But for your students, try this:
Make judgments about what I read and explain why.
So what are we trying to do here? Here's how you'll know when your students get it!
The student will be able to evaluate what was read to help comprehend text and solve problems across the curriculum.
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Can the student communicate that evaluating means determining value of what is read based on stated criteria? (what)
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Can the student communicate that evaluating is done while previewing, reading and responding to a text? (when)
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Can the student communicate that evaluating is done to help determine the value of the text according to specific criteria? (why)
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Can the student communicate that readers judge, justify, and/or defend their understandings by applying criteria such as importance, accuracy,
credibility, usefulness, appropriateness, and personal enjoyment to information obtained from the text and from their lives? (how)
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Can the student evaluate a variety of texts against a variety of criteria? Notice how Mrs. Pingel's students evaluated fiction, non-fiction, comic books, poetry, magazines, Web site and trading cards |
So, how do you make it happen?
- Watch the videos and discuss them with your class.
- Do the student activity on this Web site. (Coming this spring)
- Talk about inferring all year long.
- Try these lesson ideas in your classroom.
