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Before studying to become a reading specialist, I had never explicitly been taught nonfiction text structures as a student and I also hadn’t been taught the importance of teaching them to our students as an

Informational text structures are the organizational patterns all writers must learn. Most people read and write for informational purposes, so...

This is a reading comprehension worksheet about different uses of the INTERNET in relation to age and purpose. You can find the information about the advantages…

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Are you struggling with teaching argumentative text to your upper elementary students. Here are 5 tips to make teaching argumentative text easy for you!

Two-sided worksheet to help students to analyze informational texts. I use this for my 6th graders with their Article of the Week. Worksheet covers: * Vocabulary* Text Features* Author's Purpose* Main Idea* Textual Evidence* Summary* OpinionThis item is CCSS aligned.

Let's do English ESL general reading comprehension. This reading is for adults and high school students, level A2 - B!. The students read the text about Artific…

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Upper elementary ideas for teaching informational text structures with anchor chart, interactive notebooks, task cards, assessments and more.

Introducing this resource was a GAME CHANGER when teaching my students how to identify main ideas and important details in informational text! In a colorful, broken down format, it names different text structures, their purpose, and signal words to help identify how a writer is organizing the text. I also included graphic organizers to represent each text structure, which students can use to take notes on any informational text in front of them! Before creating this guide, many of my…

Making anchor charts has always been hard work for me. In fact, I never liked making anchor charts for the classroom. I did it because it helps the kids, but I am not a fan of my handwriting, my drawing is even worse, and let’s not even talk about the time it takes to make […]

Informational texts are texts designed with the primary purpose to inform, rather than to entertain, persuade, or perform any other purpose.

Let's do English ESL finding specific information (scanning). A RC activity. Students have to read a tale and do a true/false exercise. Then, they have to answe…

Need to introduce beginning informational text writing skills to your students? These handy posters walk through what your students need in order to be successful at writing an informational text paragraph. This poster set explains what informational text writing is, what a topic (or introduction/main idea) sentence is, what supporting details are, and what a conclusion should look like. Also included are some sample "hooks" students could use for an introduction, like an opinion…

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Informative or explanatory texts

Here's a handy freebie! A chart of 18 text features for easy reference! It includes the name and purpose and a visual example of each text feature. Perfect for hanging up or handing out!