Vermont Grade 4 English

Match Reasons and Evidence to a Particular Point

Explain how support connects with an author’s point. Use the original reading below to discuss a particular skill, then apply that reasoning to a fuller classroom text.

Curriculum reference: Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy, June 2010 edition, from the Vermont English language arts standards page.

Vermont Grade 4 references for this activity

The Vermont Agency of Education identifies the Common Core State Standards for K–12 English language arts. The linked CCSS edition lists separate grade reading requirements, including Grade 4. Read the complete standards and the school’s curriculum sequence. This original example selects one reading focus; it does not fulfill the complete curriculum.

These selected reference labels identify an activity focus, with the correct grade and PDF page linked separately. Read the complete standards selected by the school and its learning sequence, including reading, writing, language, speaking, and listening. This short original example does not fulfill the entire curriculum or establish a student’s grade-level proficiency.

A place for returned puzzles

This original classroom example is separate from official assessment questions.

Our club should place a return tray beside the puzzle shelf. This would give members one place to leave borrowed puzzles instead of spreading them among the tables. During last Thursday’s meeting, a helper found six returned puzzle boxes on three different tables. The tray would also be easy to notice because its sign would say “Return puzzles here.” The sign has a picture of a smiling fox.

Try the activity

Name the proposal and explain how the observed boxes support its reason. Which sentence offers a reason about noticing the tray? Does the fox picture show that boxes will always be returned correctly?

Follow the reasoning

The proposal is to put a return tray beside the puzzle shelf. The reason about having one return place is supported by the observation of six returned boxes spread across three tables at one meeting. That observation describes the scattered returns the proposal addresses; it does not show results after adding a tray. The statement about the sign’s words supplies a separate reason concerning noticeability. The smiling fox describes the sign’s appearance, but no observation connects that picture with accurate returns. Match each reason or observation to its particular point rather than treating every nearby detail as equal support.

Notice what needs more practice

This invented club proposal reports only one meeting. It does not count all borrowed puzzles or measure members’ behavior after a change. A reason can explain a proposal even when further evidence is needed to evaluate its likely results.

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Use the next session to build independence

1. Identify the specific point the author wants readers to accept.
2. Connect each reason and observation with that point.
3. Name a detail whose relevance is not established.

Read a fuller informational classroom argument. Explain how the author uses particular reasons and evidence to support particular points. Discuss which additional information would strengthen a weak connection.

For more general reading and writing resources, visit the Grade 4 English Online Center.

Vermont Grade 4 English: useful planning questions

Does a detail support a point merely because it appears nearby?

No. Explain its connection to the point. A description of appearance, for example, may not show that a proposed change will achieve its intended result.

Which standards does the school use?

The Vermont Agency of Education identifies the Common Core State Standards for K–12 English language arts. The linked CCSS edition lists separate grade reading requirements, including Grade 4. Read the complete standards and the school’s curriculum sequence. This original example selects one reading focus; it does not fulfill the complete curriculum. The school’s sequence also includes reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language work beyond this example.