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Learn MoreGet ready to read and write about icebergs! In this exercise, your EL students will use a graphic organizer and paragraph frame to identify the main idea and supporting details in a short nonfiction text.
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Guided Lesson: Informational Text 1
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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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Story: Symbiotic Relationships

Game: Symbiotic Relationships Reading Comprehension

Game: Symbiotic Relationships: Vocabulary Quiz

Game: Identify the Text Features

Story: Flightless Birds

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