Prompt elaboration with questions; listen and record what students say in response; then mediate their ideas to generate a more elaborated version of the retell.
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Video: Infer & Elaborate
Standards
Use illustrations in a story to elaborate on details about characters, setting, events, and causal relationships.
Reader Goals
I can infer why characters decide to act in a certain way.
Focus
• Story Language: one spring day, one sunny morning
• Connecting Words: so, because
• Mental Verbs: decides, hopes
• Feeling words: proud, disappointed, happy