Reading skill
Text structure
Notice how the passage is built: time order, problem and solution, compare and contrast, or cause and effect.
Example (Why Leaves Change Color, Grade 3)
How does the author explain color changes?
Answer: by telling what happens in summer, then in autumn. The text moves in time order: summer leaves first, then autumn changes.
Grade 3
- Why Leaves Change Color Information
Grade 4
- Two Ways to Survive: the Polar Bear and the Emperor Penguin Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Roadrunner and the Scorpion Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Great White Shark and the Octopus Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Giant Panda and the Koala Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Salmon and the Platypus Compare two texts
Grade 5
- Two Ways to Survive: the Arctic Fox and the Snowy Owl Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Red-Eyed Tree Frog and the Chameleon Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Monarch Butterfly and the Komodo Dragon Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Hummingbird and the Kiwi Compare two texts
- Marie Curie: a Life in Science Biography
- Jane Goodall: a Life in Science Biography
- Thomas Edison: a Life in Science Biography
- Louis Pasteur: a Life in Science Biography
- Isaac Newton: a Life in Science Biography
- Frederick Banting: a Life in Science Biography
- Fiona Wood: a Life in Science Biography
- Kathleen Lonsdale: a Life in Science Biography
Grade 6
- Built For Survival: the Polar Bear Information
- Built For Survival: the Red-Eyed Tree Frog Information
- Built For Survival: the Monarch Butterfly Information
- Built For Survival: the Bald Eagle Information
- Built For Survival: the Hummingbird Information
- Built For Survival: the Arctic Fox Information
- Built For Survival: the Octopus Information
- Built For Survival: the Sea Turtle Information
- Built For Survival: the Salmon Information
- Built For Survival: the Scorpion Information
- Built For Survival: the Kiwi Information
- Built For Survival: the Hedgehog Information
- Built For Survival: the Platypus Information
- Two Ways to Survive: the Walrus and the Moose Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Gorilla and the Sloth Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the African Elephant and the Kangaroo Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Bengal Tiger and the Hedgehog Compare two texts
- George Washington Carver: a Life in Science Biography
- Alexander Graham Bell: a Life in Science Biography
- Katherine Johnson: a Life in Science Biography
- Mae Jemison: a Life in Science Biography
- Wangari Maathai: a Life in Science Biography
- Ernest Rutherford: a Life in Science Biography
- Kalpana Chawla: a Life in Science Biography
- Mary Anning: a Life in Science Biography
- Allan Cormack: a Life in Science Biography
Grade 7
- Built For Survival: the Camel Information
- Built For Survival: the Fennec Fox Information
- Built For Survival: the Sea Otter Information
- Built For Survival: the Koala Information
- Built For Survival: the Beaver Information
- Built For Survival: the Chameleon Information
- Built For Survival: the Snowy Owl Information
- Built For Survival: the Gorilla Information
- Built For Survival: the Honeybee Information
- Built For Survival: the Walrus Information
- Built For Survival: the Springbok Information
- Built For Survival: the Moose Information
- Two Ways to Survive: the Camel and the Fennec Fox Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Humpback Whale and the Sea Otter Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Honeybee and the Giraffe Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Bald Eagle and the Beaver Compare two texts
- Marie Curie: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Ada Lovelace: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Jane Goodall: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Thomas Edison: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Louis Pasteur: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Isaac Newton: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Srinivasa Ramanujan: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Frederick Banting: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Fiona Wood: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Kathleen Lonsdale: How One Life Changed the World Biography
Grade 8
- Built For Survival: the Emperor Penguin Information
- Built For Survival: the Humpback Whale Information
- Built For Survival: the Giant Panda Information
- Built For Survival: the Great White Shark Information
- Built For Survival: the Komodo Dragon Information
- Built For Survival: the African Elephant Information
- Built For Survival: the Kangaroo Information
- Built For Survival: the Roadrunner Information
- Built For Survival: the Giraffe Information
- Built For Survival: the Sloth Information
- Built For Survival: the Bengal Tiger Information
- Built For Survival: the American Bison Information
- George Washington Carver: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Alexander Graham Bell: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Katherine Johnson: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Mae Jemison: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Wangari Maathai: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Ernest Rutherford: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Kalpana Chawla: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Mary Anning: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Allan Cormack: How One Life Changed the World Biography
Grade 9
- Marie Curie: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Ada Lovelace: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Jane Goodall: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Thomas Edison: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Louis Pasteur: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Isaac Newton: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Srinivasa Ramanujan: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Frederick Banting: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Fiona Wood: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Kathleen Lonsdale: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
Grade 10
- George Washington Carver: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Alexander Graham Bell: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Katherine Johnson: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Mae Jemison: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Wangari Maathai: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Ernest Rutherford: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Kalpana Chawla: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Mary Anning: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Allan Cormack: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography