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EMC Number: 3203
Page Count: 128
EAN: 9781613689912
Table of Contents Provide your third grade students with rigorous reading comprehension practice including close reading, academic vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities. 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: · 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! 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
Nonfiction texts and supporting activities support the most current standards. This sampler includes a complete unit and home–school connection activity for each grade level that you can use in your classroom today.
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