CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.10
The Standard
By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2—3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Informational Text
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read nonfiction on science, history, and practical topics with growing independence. They identify the main idea, key details, vocabulary, and information shown in text features.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can read an age-appropriate science, history, or how-to text and explain its main idea and key details. They use text features and reread difficult parts, asking for help only when needed.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may read every fact as equally important instead of identifying the main idea and supporting details. They may skip captions, diagrams, headings, or glossaries, even when those features explain unfamiliar content.
How to Assess It
- Give students a one-page nonfiction passage with a heading and diagram. Ask them to state the main idea, list two supporting details, and explain how the diagram helps.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Cut apart a short science article, then have pairs rebuild it and explain how headings, captions, and diagrams guide understanding.
After reading about communities, ask, “What is the main idea, and which two details best support it?”
Play Evidence Match: students pair main-idea cards with detail cards from short nonfiction passages and justify each match.
Read a school lunch menu or simple assembly guide, then have students answer questions using labels, steps, and pictures.
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