Text+Structures

Text Structures
4th grade: The student identifies text structure (e.g., sequence, problem-solution, comparison-contrast, description, cause-effect). 5th grade: The student identifies text structure (e.g., sequence, problem-solution, comparison-contrast, description, cause-effect). 6th grade: The student analyzes how text structure (e.g., sequence, problem-solution, comparison-contrast, description, cause-effect) helps support comprehension of text.

These Language Arts pages are full of internet resources. All are listed by standard. [|Internet4classrooms]- resourses listed by standards 4th grade Language Arts [|Internet4classrooms]- resourses listed by standards 5th grade Language Arts [|Internet4classrooms]- resourses listed by standards 6th grade Language Arts =Promethean Flipcharts= These flipchart from Promethean Planet review most of the text structures. =Text Structures =
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[|Everest Quest Reading Trail] **Expedition  journals are the basis for these reading lesson plans. ** [|Literacy Matters] Many ideas and lesson plans for teaching text structures.

=Sequence = Read short passages and practice answering questions about the sequence of events [|Reading Rockets]

=Problem-Solution = =Compare-contrast = [|Slide show discusses compare and contrast] [|Compare Frogs and Toads] [|Compare Frogs and Toads 2] [|Compare Turtles and Tortoise] [|What is the difference between a crocodile and an alligator?] [|What is the Difference Between a Reptile and an Amphibian?] [|Compare Pirates of the Caribbean and real pirates] [|Basketball] [|Strategies for Empowering Students]
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=Description = =Cause and effect = Promethean Flipcharts from Promethean Planet [|Cause and effect book list] [|Graphic organizers for Cause and Effect] [|A Not-So-Glorious Victory Story by Joseph Manuel] [|Practice combining sentences, using appropriate cause or effect transitions] [|Practice identifying cause or solution using "signal" words] [|Time for Kids] - Cause and effect lesson with text on wildfires