Lesson Plan: Introducing Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER)

Assessment · Grade 6 · Science

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Grade

Name: Engage
Minutes: 12
Purpose: Surface students' intuitive sense of what makes an argument convincing before any formal CER vocabulary is introduced, creating a need-to-know that motivates the Explore activity.
Materials

Q1. Look at the three statements below. Label each one as a 'claim,' 'evidence,' or 'reasoning.' (Statements provided by teacher from today's data set.)

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