But before I get ahead of myself, let’s
look at CCSS ELA Reading Informational Text #9. It’s all about comparing texts
(at the lower grades) and integrating ideas (at the upper grades).
Integration
of Knowledge & Ideas #9
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Kindergarten
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Grade 1
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Grade 2
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With prompting and support,
identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same
topic
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Identify basic similarities in
and differences between two texts on the same topic.
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Compare and contrast the most
important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
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Grade 3
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Grade 4
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Grade 5
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Compare and contrast the most
important points and key details presented in two texts on the same
topic.
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Integrate information from two
texts on the same topic to write or speak about a subject knowledgeably.
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Integrate information from
several texts on the same topic to write or speak about the subject
knowledgeably.
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At grades K-1, I’m suggesting comparing fiction and nonfiction titles on the same topic. Here are two great pairs:
The Snail’s Spell by Joanne Ryder
(illus Lynee Cherry)
Wolfsnail: A Backyard
Predator by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell
Bring on the Birds by Susan Stockdale
Birds by Kevin Henkes
(illus. by Laura Dronzek)
For grades
2-3, here are titles in which both books are nonfiction, but the approach is
quite different:
When the Wolves Returned by Dorothy Hinshaw
Patent (photos Dan and Cassie Hartman)
The Wolves Are Back
by Jean Craighead George (illus. Wendell Minor)
The Tale of Pale Male by Jeanette Winter
City Hawk: The Story of Pale
Male by Meghan McCarthy
The
goals for grades 4 and 5 have to do with integrating texts, rather than just
comparing them, so I’ll talk about that in my next Monday post.
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