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Learn MoreTake a look at the table of contents! Practice using a table of contents to find information and answer questions using this handy worksheet. This text features activity can be used with the lesson plan How Many Features?
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Guided Lesson: Informational Text 1
Guided Lessons are a sequence of interactive digital games, worksheets, and other activities
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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

Game: Flightless Birds Reading Comprehension
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