Nov 03
Teaching students to understand problems and solutions is a breeze with real-life examples, but spotting them in the nonfictional text is much more difficult. Grab this pdf to get links to free text structure activities and printables found at Book Units Teacher. What is a Problem and Solution Text Structure? A problem is defined …
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Sep 22
To compare and contrast means to look for similarities and differences in people, places, things, or ideas. Several different graphic organizers can be used to aid with categorizing information. Four visuals include Venn diagrams, T-charts, double bubble maps, and matrix charts. Venn-Diagrams Venn diagrams use closed shapes (usually circles). Use Venn diagrams to depict …
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Sep 15
Read definitions of the different text structures including examples and grab the free printables to make this Text Structures Anchor Chart. Text structures are the different organizational patterns nonfiction texts can be written. Which should you teach text structures? Teaching students the basic structures will greatly improve students’ abilities to analyze informational text. When students …
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Nov 17
Teaching cause and effect shows up in the Common Core State States in third grade. As you can see from the standards listed below, text structure skills grow in complexity as students become older. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.8 Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.5 …
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Oct 23
I have found that teaching my students that they may order nonfiction texts in three different ways – chronological, sequential, and consecutive order – really helps their comprehension of the material. Before you delve into the post, you may wish to download the organizers and activities for this post here. Activity #1 – Go Over …
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