2nd grade
reading informational text
Standards
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Essential Questions
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CC.2.R.I.1 Key Ideas and Details: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
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What questions can you ask when you are reading or listening to a story?
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CC.2.R.I.2 Key Ideas and Details: Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
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Why is it important to understand the main topic of the text? How do the paragraphs contribute to the main topic?
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CC.2.R.I.3 Key Ideas and Details: Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
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How does the structure of the text help a reader understand informational text?
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CC.2.R.I.4 Craft and Structure: Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
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What can you do if you don't understand the meaning of a word in informational text?
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CC.2.R.I.5 Craft and Structure: Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
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How can you locate key information in texts?
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CC.2.R.I.6 Craft and Structure: Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
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Why do you think the author wrote this text? What does the author want you to learn from this text?
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CC.2.R.I.7 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
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How did the visual aid/diagram help you understand what you read?
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CC.2.R.I.8 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.
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How does the author support his/her main idea? Can you tell ways the author uses specific information in a text to help you understand?
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CC.2.R.I.9 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
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Look at these two texts about the same topic. What is the same about the points presented in these two texts? What is different?
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CC.2.R.I.10 Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity: By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
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