4 3 3 Grade Unit Week Generalize Skill/Strategy: Essential Question: What is a generalization and how can I tell if it is valid? Review: A generalization is a broad statement or rule that applies to many examples. Clue words such as all, signals that an author is making a generalization. Valid generalizations are most, always, usually, or generally supported by facts, and faulty generalizations are not supported. Reading Street, Grade 4, Unit 3, p. 314 Part A: Look at some common generalizations. Circle the clue words. Decide if each generalization is valid or faulty by identifying facts that support valid opinions. (see attached sheet) faulty Girls can’t catch. Most children like pizza. valid All boys play sports. faulty It always snows in the winter. faulty Library books are usually free. valid Usually, kids wear helmets when they ride bicycles. valid/faulty All animals migrate every year. faulty In Pennsylvania, it is always dark at night. valid Kids in elementary schools are generally well-behaved. valid I always try my best. your choice Part B: Read the Week 1 Paired Selection to students (one page at a time) while students follow along. This exercise is designed so that students can practice finding a fact in the text as part of the process. Ask students to find the related section in the text and then change the following sentences from faulty to valid. . Faulty Generalization Valid Generalization Supporting Fact(s) p. 288 The Earth causes the The The Earth moves around the – Earth’s movement around seasons. the sun causes the seasons. sun. The Earth is tilted on its axis. p. 289 Being farther from the Being closer to the sun makes When the Northern Hemisphere – sun makes the weather warmer. the weather warmer. is closer to the sun, it is spring and summer. These countries have winter and fall when they are pointed away from the sun.
Grade 4 Unit 3 Week 3 Skill/Strategy: Generalize Essential Question: What is a generalization and how can I tell if it is valid? Review: A generalization is a broad statement or rule that applies to many examples. Clue words such as all, most, always, usually, or generally signals that an author is making a generalization. Valid generalizations are supported by facts, and faulty generalizations are not supported. Reading Street, Grade 4, Unit 3, p. 314 Part A: Look at some common generalizations. Circle the clue words. Decide if each generalization is valid or faulty by identifying facts that support valid opinions. (see attached sheet) Girls can’t catch. faulty Most children like pizza. valid All boys play sports. faulty It always snows in the winter. faulty Library books are usually free. valid Usually, kids wear helmets when they ride bicycles. valid/faulty All animals migrate every year. faulty In Pennsylvania, it is always dark at night. valid Kids in elementary schools are generally well-behaved. valid I always try my best. your choice Part B: Read the Week 1 Paired Selection to students (one page at a time) while students follow along. This exercise is designed so that students can practice finding a fact in the text as part of the process. Ask students to find the related section in the text and then change the following sentences from faulty to valid. . Faulty Generalization Valid Generalization Supporting Fact(s) p. 288 – The Earth causes the seasons. The Earth’s movement around the sun causes the seasons. The Earth moves around the sun. The Earth is tilted on its axis. p. 289 – Being farther from the sun makes the weather warmer. Being closer to the sun makes the weather warmer. When the Northern Hemisphere is closer to the sun, it is spring and summer. These countries have winter and fall when they are pointed away from the sun.