Kentucky Reading and Writing RI.2.9

ELA2nd GradeReading Informational Text

The Standard

Describe the relationship between information from two or more texts on the same theme or topic.

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students read two or more nonfiction texts about one topic. They use facts from each to explain where the information agrees, differs, or fits together.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student points to a fact in each text and explains the connection. For example, they explain how one text about bees collecting nectar connects to another about bees carrying pollen between flowers.
Common Misconceptions: Students may list a fact from each text without explaining the link. They may think the texts disagree when one simply gives extra information.
How to Assess It: Give students two text cards: A, 'Bees collect nectar; pollen sticks to them'; B, 'Bees carry pollen to other flowers; pollen helps flowers make seeds.' Ask, 'How do the cards connect? Use one fact from each.'

Lesson moves

Give pairs the two bee text cards; have them underline a related fact on each and connect the facts with yarn.
Ask, 'What does the second bee card add to the first?' Have partners answer using a fact from each card.
Play fact-pair bingo with two short storm reports; students match 'heavy rain' with 'streets flooded,' then explain the link.
Bring in two school recycling signs, one for paper and one for plastic; ask students how the bin rules are alike and different.

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