Georgia 3.T.T.2.b
The Standard
Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text. (I)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T) · Techniques
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students track how details in an informational text connect. They explain how one event leads to another, how ideas affect each other, or why procedure steps follow a set order.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can put details in the correct order and name the connection, such as time, cause and effect, or dependence. The student explains the connection in a complete sentence and points to details from the text.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may list details without explaining how they connect. They may assume an earlier event caused a later one just because it came first. They may overlook words such as because, therefore, before, and next.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Read, “Sunlight warms a puddle, so the water evaporates into the air,” then explain the connection in one sentence using because.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs event cards from a short historical passage; students order them and label arrows with “before,” “because,” or “as a result.”
After reading about erosion, ask, “How does moving water change land, and what happens next?” Students answer with two text details.
Play a sequence race: teams arrange procedure cards, then earn a point by explaining why each step follows the previous one.
Examine the school fire-drill directions and have students explain what could happen if two steps were reversed.
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