3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:05: Text Structures/ Informational Text
  • Subject(s):English Language Arts
  • Days:27
  • Grade(s):2
Key Learning:

When writing, authors use patterns called text structures to organize information on a topic.

Knowing the text structure helps readers understand the passage.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 

How do I use text structures to organize and understand information on a topic?
   
Concept: Sequencing
LA.2.6.1.1   LA.2.4.2.5   LA.2.4.2.2   LA.2.4.2.1   LA.2.1.7.5  
Concept: Compare/Contrast
LA.2.4.2.3   LA.2.4.2.2   LA.2.1.7.5  
Concept: Cause/Effect
LA.2.1.7.5   LA.2.1.7.4  
Lesson Essential Question(s):

Which graphic organizers help me sequence key details and how do I use them?

 (ET)

How do I record information in the following methods: observations, notes, and lists using informational text?

 (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do I compare and contrast informational text?

 (A)

Which graphic organizers work best with the compare and contrast text structure?

 (ET)

How do I write an informational paragraph using a graphic organizer?

 (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

Which signal words help me identify a cause/effect text structure?

 (A)

Which graphic organizers show the causes and effects in the text?

 (ET)

How do I write an informational paragraph using the cause/effect organizer?

 (A)
Vocabulary:

instructions, procedures, recipes, text structure, signal words

Vocabulary:

informational, compare, contrast

Vocabulary:

cause, effect

Additional Information:

Polk County Schools

Curriculum Map/Monthly Focus Calendar

Reading Comprehension Skill Sequence

December: Sequence

January: Cause/Effect

February: Inference

Embedded throughout the year:

*Reference and Research

*Vocabulary

*Summarizing

Harcourt Trophies

  • Week 16, December 14 - 18, 2009, Teacher Discretion: Trade books relating to Text Structures/Informational Text
  • Week 17, January 5 - 8, 2010, Just for You: Our World - "Watermelon Day!" by Kathi Applet
  • Week 18, January 11 - 15, 2010, Just For You: Our World - "Pumpkin Fiesta" by Caryn Yacowitz
  • Week 19, January 19 - 22, 2010, Banner Days: Imagine That! - "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash" by Trinka Hakes Noble
  • Week 20, January 26 - 29, 2010, Banner Days: Imagine That! - "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" by Mark Teague
  • Week 21- February 1 - 5, 2010, Banner Days: Imagine That! - "Dear Mr. Blueberry" by Simon James

    • Resources:

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    Acquisition Lesson:

    1. Which signal words help identify sequencing?2. How do I read and write instructions, procedures, messages, and recipes?3. How do I read multi-step instructions so that I can follow and understand them correctly?6. Which signal words help me identify a compare/contrast text structure?8. How do I understand a cause/effect relationship?

    Extending Thinking Lesson:

    Vocabulary Report

    • instructions -

      directions for doing somthing

    • cause -

      the reason an event happens

    • informational -

      writing that contains facts and is used to tell about a topic

    • procedures -

      directions for the way something is to be done or completed

    • effect -

      the result of a cause

    • compare -

      find how stories or things are alike

    • recipes -

      directions used for cooking something

    • contrast -

      find how stories or things are different

    • text structure -

      the organization patterns of text

    • signal words -

      words that tell the sequence of events in a text (first, next, last)