CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.3
The Standard
Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Informational Text
What This Standard Means
Students need to read an informational text and explain how parts are connected. They may describe event order, cause and effect, problem and solution, or steps in a process. They should use words like because, so, before, after, next, and as a result.
Mastery looks like a student saying, “The seed gets water first, then it sprouts,” or “The storm caused the road to flood.” Students often retell random facts instead of explaining the link between them. They may also miss signal words or confuse time order with cause and effect.
Ways to Teach It
- Give students sentence strips from a life cycle text and have them arrange the strips, then explain each connection with arrows.
- Ask students to write: “How are these two ideas connected?” using because, after, or as a result in their answer.
- Read a short paragraph aloud and ask students to hold up cards labeled time order, cause and effect, or steps.
- Have students read a simple recipe or classroom directions and explain how each step connects to the next.
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