• Students determine the relationship between the information found and their specific topic of interest.

• Students evaluate whether the information gathered supports their topic. 

• Teachers explain that when finding information, students will need to evaluate whether that information matches their topic. 

• Teachers model evaluating the relevance of the information to a specific topic.

• Teachers provide opportunities for students to determine the relationship between the information found and a specific topic of interest.

• Teachers monitor and provide opportunities for students to receive feedback on the relevance of their information with their specific topic. 

When students have difficulty choosing relevant facts, teachers can...

• help students practice distinguishing between examples and non-examples using sorts or graphic organizers.

• teach mini-lessons over determining importance.

• provide practice determining the main idea and supporting details.

• provide graphic organizers and/or checklists. 

When students have difficulty distinguishing between fact and opinion, teachers can…

• teach mini-lessons on fact vs. opinion.

• provide anchor charts that show differences between informative and opinion writing.

• Relevance: the information directly supports the student’s topic.

• 4.2.R.1: Determine main idea/key details

• 4.2.R.4: Summarize facts and details

• 4.3.R.6: Distinguish fact vs. opinion

• 4.6.W.3: Write informative texts independently 

• 4.7.R: Explore multimodal content