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A comprehensive Common Core resource for informational text! Build strong reading comprehension skills for first grade students with close reading, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities that support the rigor of Common Core.
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Each of the 10 units includes a nonfiction minibook and supporting activities that are easy to scaffold, such as:
·     Picture dictionary: content vocabulary and Words to Know list
·     I Read and Understand: text-dependent questions
·     I Read Closely: close reading activity
·     Words I Know: vocabulary activity
·     I Can Write: text-based, scaffolded writing assignment
·     What I Learned: writing assignment to culminate units with two-page selections
Additional teacher support includes:
·     Common Core State Standards correlations provided for every unit for easy reference
·     Downloadable homeâ??school connection activities and projects to extend learning at home.
·     Guided reading level to help identify appropriate texts for students
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The nonfiction minibooks cover grade-level content-area topics:
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Science ArticlesÂ
We Need the Sun
Little Blue Butterfly
About the Wind
Water
Social Studies ArticlesÂ
The Statue of Liberty
Looking at the United States
Biography ArticlesÂ
Winslow Homer, American Artist
Maria Martinez, Native American Potter
George Washington Carver
How-to Article
How to Make the Presidentâ??s Breakfast
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Provide your third grade students with rigorous reading comprehension practice Close reading, academic vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities support Common Core learning paths. The informational texts cover grade-level content-area topics and a range of nonfiction text structures, such as compare and contrast, cause and effect, and time order. Each of the 10 units presents a grade-appropriate nonfiction article and supporting activities that are easy to scaffold, including the following: - dictionary page with content and academic vocabulary - close reading activity - reading comprehension activity - vocabulary activity - text structure activity The unit culminates in a text-based writing assignment that can be used as an informal assessment. Additional teacher support includes: - Common Core State Standards correlations provided for every unit for easy reference - Downloadable home-school connection activities and projects to extend learning at home. - Guided reading level to help identify appropriate texts for students The informational texts and structures cover: Science Articles - Big, Wild Cats (format as on grade 2) Text Structure: Compare and Contrast - Plants of the Rainforest Text Structure: Main Idea and Details - Two Climates Text Structure: Compare and Contrast Social Studies Articles - It's a Grand Old Flag Text Structure: Main Idea and Details - The Mystery of Mesa Verde Text Structure: Time Order - About Banks Text Structure: Question and Answer Geography Article - The Great Lakes Text Structure: Cause and Effect Biography Articles - Sandra Day O'Connor Text Structure: Time Order - Barack Obama Text Structure: Time Order Technology Article - The Zipper Text Structure: Cause and Effect. Seller Inventory # 00060582434
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Provide your third grade students with rigorous reading comprehension practice Close reading, academic vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities support Common Core learning paths. The informational texts cover grade-level content-area topics and a range of nonfiction text structures, such as compare and contrast, cause and effect, and time order. Each of the 10 units presents a grade-appropriate nonfiction article and supporting activities that are easy to scaffold, including the following: - dictionary page with content and academic vocabulary - close reading activity - reading comprehension activity - vocabulary activity - text structure activity The unit culminates in a text-based writing assignment that can be used as an informal assessment. Additional teacher support includes: - Common Core State Standards correlations provided for every unit for easy reference - Downloadable home-school connection activities and projects to extend learning at home. - Guided reading level to help identify appropriate texts for students The informational texts and structures cover: Science Articles - Big, Wild Cats (format as on grade 2) Text Structure: Compare and Contrast - Plants of the Rainforest Text Structure: Main Idea and Details - Two Climates Text Structure: Compare and Contrast Social Studies Articles - It's a Grand Old Flag Text Structure: Main Idea and Details - The Mystery of Mesa Verde Text Structure: Time Order - About Banks Text Structure: Question and Answer Geography Article - The Great Lakes Text Structure: Cause and Effect Biography Articles - Sandra Day O'Connor Text Structure: Time Order - Barack Obama Text Structure: Time Order Technology Article - The Zipper Text Structure: Cause and Effect. Seller Inventory # CIN1613689896A
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