CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.8 - Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

 
Authors: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers

Title: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.8 Identify The Reasons An Author Gives To Support Points... Reading:Informational Text - 1st Grade English Language Arts Common Core State Standards

Publisher: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington D.C.

Copyright Date: 2010

(Page last edited 10/08/2017)

1. From Fact to Fiction - Students use factual information gathered from the Internet as the basis for creating a nonfiction story
2. Going to the Zoo - Read this online story to the class; many supporting details in the story.
3. Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Online interactive story, questions at the end of story.
4. Making Preditions - Listen to the passage and predict the outcome.
5. Stories - Read online stories; comes with audio that you can turn off and on.
6. The Day Jimmy's Boa Taught Cause and Effect - Unit plan; Class discussions about each event and its cause are followed by tasks for the students to help illustrate understanding of the concept. Students create cause-and-effect pictures, puzzles, and flow charts as they explore the genre. As a culminating activity, students write their own book with causes and effects, which are assessed with a rubric.