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Reading Rockets: Teach Expository Text Structure to Facilitate Comprehension ArticleReading Rockets: Teach Expository Text Structure to Facilitate Comprehension Article
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Reading Rockets
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3rd - 6th
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English Language Arts
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1270L
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Reading Rockets: Teach Expository Text Structure to Facilitate Comprehension

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Expository text can be challenging to young readers because of the unfamiliar concepts and vocabulary it presents. Discover ways to help your students analyze expository text structures and pull apart the text to uncover the main idea and supporting details.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

reading comprehension, text structure

Additional Tags

expository text structure, signal words, transition words, reading rockets, expository information

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

RI.4.5 RI.6.5 RI.5.2 RI.4.2 RI.3.1 RI.4.1 RI.3.7 RI.3.2 CCRA.R.2 RI.3.6 RI.6.6 RI.3.9 RI.6.3 W.4.1.a W.5.1.a CCRA.W.2 RI.3.8 RI.6.2 RI.3.5 RI.4.9 RST.6-8.5 RST.6-8.6 RH.6-8.4 RL.6.5

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