Find the point and the proof
Read a short informational text aloud and model highlighting the author's main point in one color and each piece of evidence in another. Then kids do the same with a partner. Color-coding makes the structure jump off the page.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
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