Bridge: Integrate Information Across Sources

Begin Grade 5 synthesis by combining information from multiple texts or text-and-visual sources on the same topic.

How the lesson starts: Bridge: Integrate Information Across Sources

The Answer Sandwich
Meet Kiko, a fox who runs the Answer Sandwich food truck. Kiko says one source is only one slice of bread. To make a full answer, you stack a paragraph and a chart together. Let's cook!
Two slices
Room 5 wants to know which feeder birds like best. The paragraph says: in winter, many birds need fat to stay warm. The chart shows bird visits. Seeds got 12. Fruit got 5. Suet, a cake of fat, got 18. The most!
Test each statement
Choose the statement both sources support. Birds liked fatty suet most? The paragraph explains fat, and the chart shows suet won. Both! Seeds got 12 visits is only in the chart. Winter birds need fat is only in the paragraph. Fruit was the favorite? Neither says that.