Integrate Informational Text w/ Wild Cats of Brazil #digitallearning
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If you are looking for a DIGITAL & PRINTABLE resource that has test-prep selections for combining and integrating informational text, vocabulary support, social studies connections, habitat references for a science connection, and text-dependent questions, this resource might help. The text dependent questions include extended response as well as short answer. This resource is most appropriate for grades 3-5 with multiple standards that are listed at the bottom of this posting. ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED FOR THE TEXT QUESTIONS AND RIDDLES.
There are 20 DIGITAL PAGES with NO PREP ready to assign. The digital pages do not include every page of the resource but those I deemed useful to the digital format. YOU CAN CHOOSE HOWEVER MANY PAGES YOU WANT TO ASSIGN AT A TIME.
If you purchase open the green view files tab to get access to both the PDF and digital Easel pages. You can choose the pages for your student's devices. Simply go to edit pages and remove the ones you wish to remove for any given assignment. If you wish to change your selections you can revert back to the original pages and choose again. When you click the "assign" tab you will get a code for your students' devices. I like this option a lot!
Useful for grades 3-5 and even for grade 6 depending upon student reading levels. Students will be able to read about six different wildcats and know what is similar and different by combining the information from all the wildcats.
I added full page texts for each of the six wildcats in the snapshots section. This way teachers can present one cat at a time versus the two at a time from the smaller snapshots. The larger font is easier to read in the full pages. The benefit of the snapshots is they can be pasted into notebooks easily.
This would also be a great unit to begin a research project. I included websites students could explore further.
This file includes:
1. Six Brazilian wild cat snapshots. Each snapshot has text and a photo of the wildcat.
2. Core reading standards for third, fourth, and fifth grade
3. An Amazon Rainforest habitat poster
4. Vocabulary preview (2 pages)
5. Vocabulary anchor chart
6. Fact sheet with a map of Brazil and fact box
7. Word work scavenger hunt
8. Note card template for internet research
9. Comparison writing stationary
10. Comparison graphic organizer
11. Wild cat fact wheel organizer
12. Definitions handout
13. Text-dependent questions for test prep with mulitple choice, short answer, and extended response ( answers are printed in pale blue so as not to reproduce on copiers)
14. Report template
15. Wild cat riddles
16. Journal template
17. Inference match task cards
18. Jaguar puzzle
19. Wild cat list template
20. Differentiated organizer: Animal illustration with adaptions and needs only
21. Report outline with adaptions, needs, enemies, characteristics, diet, habitat.
22. Main Idea organizer
23. Full page text for each of the wildcats with larger font
24. Illustration page
25. Comparison flip-up for interactive notebooks
26. ESL Insights
27. Answer key for text questions and riddles
28. Directions on how to access digital pages
29. websites for further research
Core Standards:
Fifth Grade
RI.5.9 Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
RI 5.1. Quote accurately from the text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI 5.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
RF 5.4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
W 5.2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
W 5.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task.
Fourth Grade
RI.4.9 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
RI 4.1. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI 4.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology.
RF 4.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
W 4.2. Write informative explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
W. 4.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Third Grade
RI 3.1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as a basis for the answers.
RI 3.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from non-literal language.
RI 3.7. Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text.
W 3.2. Write informative explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
W 3.4. With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
Mix and match the items that will fit your purposes best. However, the text dependent questions do include facts from the map page, vocabulary notes, and the text box. I designed the text dependent questions with third-fifth grade standardized testing in mind. Naturally, this unit can be used without these questions; however, they would be beneficial to you as an assessment piece for reading comprehension.
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