Reading Day 2: Identifying the Reasons an Author Gives to Support

Introduction

Welcome readers! Today we will continue our work with our nonfiction text. On Day one, we worked with paragraphs from our text, and today we will read the book together. Before we read, we will determine the author's purpose. After reading, we will identify the main idea and give supporting facts for the main idea.

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Now you will work to determine the main idea of the text. Then you will give facts to support the main idea. 

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