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Quoting Accurately from Texts

Quote accurately from literary and informational texts when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences, using quotation marks and citations correctly

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Quoting Accurately from Texts means practising the idea at the table with a short text or prompt and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.

Materials: A short familiar text, poem, or picture book page; Sticky notes or pencil. 1. Say the goal of Quoting Accurately from Texts in plain words once. 2. Adult reads a short stretch aloud and models one think-aloud (predict, notice, or question). 3. Child reads or listens to three short stretches and gives one evidence-based response each time. 4. Fresh check: one fresh evidence-based response. Record and stop. Done: three responses tied to words or pictures in the text. Proof: parent note of examples and results. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.

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Aesop's Fables

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Aesop's Fables supports Quoting Accurately from Texts. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.

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Check understanding

  • Select and copy exact words from a text to support an inference about character motivation
  • Use quotation marks correctly when incorporating textual evidence into written responses
  • Introduce quotes with signal phrases such as 'The author states' or 'According to the text'
“When your child writes about a book or article for school, do they quote from the text directly — putting the exact words in speech marks — to support their points?”

Curriculum record

Type
Procedural
Subject
English
Domain
Reading Comprehension
Age range
Ages 8–12

Standards

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