4th Grade Informational Text Structure & Main Idea - Nonfiction Reading Passages
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Description
This ELA resource includes an introduction to text structure, multiple passages for whole group and independent practice for each of the five text structures, graphic organizers, prompts to help students identify structure and main idea, and a bulletin board display kit to engage your students in learning about nonfiction text structure.
Students will learn not only how to identify text structure but also how to apply that knowledge to explain the main idea of a text. And think of all the time you’ll save now that you don’t have to spend hours searching all over for practice articles!
This 96 page resource includes:
•A total of 15 engaging practice articles!
•Intro to text structure
•Five passages (one for each structure) on the same topic (pangolins) to help students understand the difference between structures
•Anchor sheets with key signal words and graphic organizers for each structure
•Two practice articles (one for guided practice and one for independent practice) for each structure with graphic organizers, prompts, and answer keys
•A Bulletin Board Display Kit
Article Topics Include:
•Pangolins
•Antarctica
•Hybrid Fruits
•Snickers
•Paper Production
•Asian and African Elephants
•Disneyland and Disney World
•Animal Shelters
•Global Warming, Ice, and Polar Bears
•The Importance of Bees
Here's what other teachers are saying about this resource:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Cool resource to help students make connections with items in daily life and nonfiction text structure. –Mary S M.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved these. Loved that she had an intro and an extra passage to go with each. That way students really had a chance to work with the text. –alisa A.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My students used this resource with partners when introducing text structures. Interesting and varied passages. Great resource! –Kayla Knupp
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