6h-Grade Focus Standards:

  ● 6.RL.2.2
  ● 6.W.6.1e
  ● 6.RN.2.2   

The Big Ideas:

  ● Main idea/Central idea
  ● Complex sentences 
  ● Compound sentences 

“I can” Statements:

I can identify the main idea and supporting details by asking important questions during reading.

I can use a variety of sentences in my writing.

I can identify the central idea and supporting details of a text.
 
 

7th-Grade Focus Standards:

●7.RN.3.2
●7.RN.2.2 
●7.RL.2.3

The Big Ideas:

●Main idea
●Central idea  
●Text structures   
“I can” Statements:

I can identify and explain the main idea in a work of literature.

I can analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text.

I can identify and explain the central idea in a given text.
 
 

8th-Grade Focus Standards:

●8.RL.2.2
●8.RN.3.2
●8.RN.2.2

The Big Ideas:

●Main idea 
●Central idea 
●Text structure
“I can” Statements:

I can tie a main idea of a text together with its supporting details.

I can identify the central idea in a given text.

I can analyze the structure in a given text.
 
 
 
 
 
Tuesday Morning Content PLC:
●Achieve3000: 
●Close reading and note-taking
●The 5-Step Literacy Routine demonstration 
●Ms. Hunt will model for us
●Questions / Ideas / Concerns 
 
 
 
 
Current Assessments:
○ SRI window is open.  
○NWEA assessment make-ups will be completed this week 
○ Cycle 1B minis are on our Weekly Focus page for your consideration 
 
 
 
 
 

Nonfiction  Text Structures


You will have everything you need to facilitate a complete and thorough text structure lesson! (Well, you'll just need to provide the anchor chart paper and the clipboards.)

It features the five following text structures:
→ Sequence
→ Compare and Contrast
→ Cause and Effect
→ Problem and Solution
→ Description

Click here and enjoy this wonderful resource. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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