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Interesting Animals: Whales

Is it a fish? No! It is a whale! What makes this fascinating creature so special? Learn all about the interesting world of the whale while practicing fluency and reading comprehension skills using this helpful nonfiction reading worksheet.

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Grade

Kindergarten

Subject

Reading & Writing

Reading Non-Fiction
- Features of Non-Fiction Texts
  - Pictures and Illustrations in Non-Fiction Texts
  - Pictures and Captions in Non-Fiction Texts
- Non-Fiction Comprehension
  - Key Ideas in Non-Fiction Texts
Genre Writing
- Informational Writing

Standards

RI.K.1

Standards

English Language Arts and Reading

Kindergarten
- K.5.G
- K.8.D.i
Grade 1
- 1.6.G
- 1.9.D.i

Standards

English

Grade One
- R.1.10.d
Kindergarten
- R.K.9.b

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Standards

English Language Arts

Grade 1
- 3.2.B.1

Standards

English

Foundation Phase
- 2.1.8
Foundation Phase Nursery
- 2.2.1.A.8
- 2.2.1.A.9
Foundation Phase Reception
- 2.2.1.A.13

Standards

Literacy and English

Early
- W.3.A
- W.4.2
First
- R.4.A
- R.4.1
- W.3.2
- W.4.A
- W.4.2.a
- W.4.2.b

Standards

Literacy and English

Early
- LIT-0.3.3.a
First
- LIT-1.2.4.a

Standards

English

Key Stage 1 Year 2
- 4.1.2

Standards

Language and Literacy

Key Stage 1
- W.3
- W.7

Standards

English

Year 1
- ACELA1450.a
Foundation Year
- ACELA1434.a

Standards

English

Level 1
- RV.VCELA177.1
Foundation
- RV.VCELA144.1

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Guided Lesson: Informational Text 1

Guided Lessons are a sequence of interactive digital games, worksheets, and other activities that guide learners through different concepts and skills. They keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.

Guided Lessons are digital games and exercises that keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.

Now that reading skills are more developed, second graders will move on to comprehension of informational text. This guided lesson supports this through an exploration of the main idea of a text, as well as the other text features, such as: captions, phtoographs, maps headings, subheadings, glossary, index, icons and graphs. Kids will look at two texts that cover the same topic, but in different ways.

Now that reading skills are more developed, second graders will move on to comprehension of informational text.

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Interesting Animals: Whales

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