Craft
and Structure #6
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Kindergarten
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Grade 1
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Grade 2
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Name the
author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting
the ideas or information in a text.
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Distinguish
between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and
information provided by the words in a text.
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Identify
the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer,
explain, or describe.
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Grade 3
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Grade 4
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Grade 5
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Distinguish
their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
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Compare
and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic;
describe the differences in focus and the information provided.
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Analyze
multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities
and differences in the point of view they represent.
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Even though the goals for
grades K-2 and quite different, I’ve identified a small group of books that
students can use at all three grade levels:
Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
A Butterfly is Patient by Dianna Hutts Aston
(illus. Sylvia Long)
An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Hutts
Aston (illus. Sylvia Long
Redwoods by
Jason Chin
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page
Where in the Wild? Camouflaged Creatures Concealed . . .
and Revealed by David M. Schwartz & Yael Schy (photos Dwight Kuhn)
Where Else in the Wild? MORE Camouflaged Creatures
Concealed . . . and Revealed by David M.
Schwartz & Yael Schy (photos
Dwight Kuhn)
Next week, I’ll talk about
grade 4.