Review it and revisit it as you introduce new types of texts. This anchor chart is something you can do to introduce what you’re going to be covering with this standard. Making connections in a nonfiction text starts with the introduction of these concepts. Compare and contrast is also a great way to learn about scientific ideas. Cause and effect texts help introduce scientific ideas and historical events. Sequencing goes hand-in-hand with technical procedures and scientific ideas. Now, within those texts, there are types of connections to be on the lookout for. Common Core asks students to find connections in three types of scenarios: scientific texts, technical texts, and historical events. There are many different types of connections within informational texts. (Compare/contrast, cause/effect, sequential order, problem & solution) Introduce the types of connections to look for. Give them many opportunities to practice.ġ.Introduce the types of connections to look for. 4th Grade: Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why based on specific information in the text.Or, steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect. 3rd Grade: Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts.2nd grade: Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.1st Grade: Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.This is all about connections within an informational text. This is not the same as connections in literature where students are asked to find text-to-self and text-to-text connections. So, before we begin, let’s look at what Common Core asks teachers to do when they’re teaching connections in an informational text. This project also lends itself well to identifying the story elements within the writing that the kids will do.I’m so excited to bring you another installment in my Exploring ELA series with this post on making connections in a nonfiction text! I’ll post pictures of ours soon, but I know a lot of teachers teach this as one of their first books, so I wanted to offer it up now if it might help others! Wonder is a fantastic book to use to story map the story elements since there is a pretty clear overarching problem and solution as well as several main events. I fell in love with this book, and I absolutely can’t WAIT to have my students read it and complete this yearbook project! I’d love to hear feedback about it and see final pictures. □ You can purchase the Story Elements Reading Response Task Cards HERE !īook Project: Here’s a FREE book project for Wonder by R.J. This is a GREAT time to get huge stacks of picture books and have students start reading and writing about what they are reading! I highly recommend it, and these task cards provide excellent summative assessments, too. Each card focuses on different story elements and asks students to think critically about it and how it relates to their book. Reading Response Task Cards: The last activity we do is the culmination of all of our learning and helps the students apply what they have learned to actual literature! This is my favorite way to encourage thinking about texts, and it requires students to really think critically about story elements, much like the task cards above do, BUT they use their own books! Most years, I make the kids their own individual reading response task cards (You can read more about that HERE) so that they have a set with them all the time, but you can use these cards in a variety of ways.
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