W25D1 Reading

Introduction

Readers consider how the people or ideas are related to each other or what they have in common.

Readers should be able to explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, or ideas in a historical, scientific, or technical text, maps, graphs, diagrams, charts, etc. 

 Reading Informational Texts

Reading Comprehension anchor chart

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Practice

In your Journal: Answer the questions below for each passage:

        • Who/what is the text about? (the individuals or the topics in the text)
        • What are the main things that happened or are described in the text? (the events in the text)
        • What is the text about? (the ideas in the text)

 

The Life Cycle of Desert Tortoise

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Drag and Drop

Using the information from the diagram and passage, drag and drop each sentence to the correct column. Which source did the information come from? 

Writing A Paragraph 

In your Journal: Write a paragraph to describe the relationship between the life cycle diagram and the passage about locating a tortoise nest.

 

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