3.ELAR.9.D

Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:: (i) The central idea with supporting evidence. (ii) Features such as sections, tables, graphs, timelines, bullets, numbers, and bold and italicized font to support understanding. (iii) Organizational patterns such as cause and effect and problem and solution.

Grade 3 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2017

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Vocabulary
characteristicsstructuresinformational textcentral ideasupporting evidencefeaturessectionstablesgraphstimelinesbulletsnumbersbold fontitalicized fontorganizational patternscause and effectproblem and solution
Skills
  • recognize (characteristics of informational text) #dok1
  • recognize (structures of informational text) #dok1
  • identify (central idea and supporting evidence in informational text) #dok2
  • identify and interpret (features such as sections, tables, graphs, timelines, bullets, numbers, bold and italicized font) #dok2
  • analyze (organizational patterns such as cause and effect and problem and solution) #dok3
Learning Targets
  • I can recognize the main features and structures of informational text. #dok1
  • I can identify the central idea in informational text and support it with evidence. #dok2
  • I can identify how features like tables, graphs, and sections help me understand a text. #dok2
  • I can interpret the use of bold and italicized words, bullets, timelines, and numbers in informational text. #dok2
  • I can analyze how cause and effect or problem and solution patterns organize information in a text. #dok3
  • I can explain why informational texts use certain features and structures to help readers understand the information. #dok3
Big Ideas
  • Informational texts have special characteristics, structures, and features that help readers understand and use information.
  • Recognizing and analyzing organizational patterns in informational texts supports comprehension and learning.
Essential Questions
  • What features and structures can I find in informational texts?
  • How can I identify the central idea and supporting evidence in an informational text?
  • How do tables, graphs, bold words, and other features help me understand the information?
  • Why do authors organize informational text using patterns like cause and effect or problem and solution?
  • How can I use the different features and structures of informational texts to learn new information?