Common Core Reading Informational Text Teacher Task Cards

Common Core Reading: Informational Text Teacher Task Cards 1 st Grade Created By: Kristy Rocquin krocquin. 2015

Teacher Directions • These task cards are to be used by the teacher for discussion starters and story review • Each task card focuses on a specific Common Core standard. • Use the cards as a cue when conducting read alouds/think alouds with your students. • Place the cards in a center for students to use to reflect when reading a story.

Common Core Reading: Informational Text Task Cards 1 st Grade Created By: Kristy Rocquin Student Directions Read each item on the task card. Answer the questions or fill in the blanks with the correct responses. Common Core Standards The following standards offer a focus for instruction each year and help ensure that students gain adequate exposure to a range of texts and tasks. Rigor is also infused through the requirement that students read increasingly complex texts through the grades. CCSS. ELA-LITERACY RL. 1. 1 RL. 1. 2 RL. 1. 3 RL. 1. 4 RL. 1. 5 RL. 1. 6 RL. 1. 7 RL. 1. 8 RL. 1. 9 RL. 1. 10 I can Read a range of texts for meaning and understanding.

• • • Why did the author write the article? (Invitation/flyer) What happened _____? What caused _____? Where does _____? How does _____? Where are ______ found? Why does _____? What is _______? Who is the most important _____? RI. 1. 1 Questioning Key Details 1 Why do you think ____ has the title ____? According to ____, what will the reader learn? What would be a good name for ___ What is the MAIN IDEA of the story? What is the _____ about? Tell what happened first/last? Step # __ tells _______? RI. 1. 2 Identify Main Topic; Retell Key Details 2 • Read/Listen to this sentence. “____” What does ______ mean? • When (phrase containing assessed word), what do you think it means? • In this story, what does the word ____mean? • What is the person/animal doing when ____? • How is the information about (2 people/ events/ideas/ or pieces of information ALIKE in the • story/article /flyer/recipe? • How is _____ BETTER than _____? • Why is _______ important to _______? • What would happen if _____ was not there? RI. 1. 3 Describe Connection between Text Details • • 3 RI. 1. 4 Questioning to Determine/Clarify Meaning of Words & Phrases 4

• • • You would find information about ______ under which heading? On which page can you find facts about ____? How can you find out what the word ____ means? RI. 1. 5 RI. 1. 6 RI. 1. 7 Use Text Features; Distinguish Information from Pictures/Words; Describe Key Ideas from Illustrations & Details • • • 5 What is the purpose of the photo/drawing/ chart/diagram at the beginning of the ___? What does the photo or drawing/chart/diagram help you to understand? How does the pictures/charts help the reader understand what is happening? RI. 1. 5 RI. 1. 6 RI. 1. 7 Use Text Features; Distinguish Information from Pictures/Words; Describe Key Ideas from Illustrations & Details 7 What does the symbol/icon tell you? How does the picture/drawing help you understand the story/article /flyer/recipe? What does the picture/drawing/map show? • • • RI. 1. 5 RI. 1. 6 RI. 1. 7 Use Text Features; Distinguish Information from Pictures/Words; Describe Key Ideas from Illustrations & Details • 6 Read/Listen to this sentence. “_____” Which picture in the flyer/article/instructions shows what the sentence is saying? RI. 1. 5 RI. 1. 6 RI. 1. 7 Use Text Features; Distinguish Information from Pictures/Words; Describe Key Ideas from Illustrations & Details 8

• • Why does the author think that ______? What are the reasons for the author’s opinion? What did you hear/read that tells you a drawn conclusion? Explain why the author thinks that _____ is important? 9 RI. 1. 8 Identify Author’s Perspective • What are the two articles/flyer/recipe/stories about? • How can you use the information in BOTH articles/flyer/recipe/stories to tell a friend about them? • How are the pictures/drawings in ____ and _______ ALIKE/DIFFERENT? RI. 1. 9 Identify Similarities/Differences between Two Texts 10 • What is DIFFERENT/ALIKE about the way to • make/do _____ in _title 1_ and _title 2_? • How do the authors of _ title 1_ and _ title 2_ • explain how _____ looks/eats/lives the • SAME/DIFFERENTLY? • How is the information in _____ different • from _______? • Why is _______ BETTER in title 1 than in title • 2? RI. 1. 9 Identify Similarities/Differences between Two Texts 11 12

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