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How do you check your understanding after reading an article?. This text teaches me…. In this lesson, you will learn how to check your understanding of an article by retelling the information to others. Main idea hand. Retell: to tell again. This text teaches me….
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How do you check your understanding after reading an article? This text teaches me…
In this lesson, you will learn how to check your understanding of an article by retelling the information to others.
Retell: to tell again This text teaches me…
If Mengmeng lived in the United States, he would be poor The family would be considered poor in the United States
Retell • Use your own words • Use specific details and facts from the article
Mengmeng lives in a farming village and has a twin brother, Wenwen. His house is made of stones and cement…
Mengmeng is a boy from China. He has a brother and they live in a house.
Retell • Use a sentence starter: “This text teaches me..” ?
This text teaches me that jianbing is a pancake made from cornmeal!
1 • Retell using your own words • Use specific details and facts from the article 2 Use the sentence starter “this text teaches me…” 3
In this lesson, you have learned how to check your understanding of an article by retelling the information to others.
Practice Retelling Take a look at this section from our article. Can you pull out the specific details and facts? Practice retelling using your own words.
This text teaches me… • Jianbing is a cornmeal pancake • Mengmeng walks 40 minutes to school • Mengmeng’s favorite food is pickled vegetable
This text teaches me that jianbing is a pancake made from cornmeal! I find it interesting that Mengmeng walks 40 minutes to school and, his favorite food is pickled vegetables!
Practice, practice, practice! • Retelling can be harder than it seems, so it takes practice before you feel comfortable using your own words. • Choose a nonfiction article. • Find a buddy and practice retelling the new information!
Create your own: • Retelling is one way to check for understanding; you may have also learned how to use a main idea hand. • What project can you create to prove your understanding of the article, “My name is Mengmeng”? • Present your project idea to your teacher and get started!
Retell • Retell using your own words • Use specific facts • Use the sentence starter, “this text teaches me”, to help guide your thoughts