Informative texts provide main ideas and key details. It is important for students to be able to differentiate between the main ideas of a text and their supporting details. To do this, the first graders need to ask and answer questions about the text. Then they can analyze the text for the main idea. Story 1 - The Sun The sun is a star in the sky. It is very hot. It is made of a few gases. The core is in the center of the sun. The sun is millions of miles away from Earth. The sun is very helpful. The sun shines on plants. This makes plants grow tall. People use the sun for light. The... Show more Informative texts provide main ideas and key details. It is important for students to be able to differentiate between the main ideas of a text and their supporting details. To do this, the first graders need to ask and answer questions about the text. Then they can analyze the text for the main idea. Story 1 - The Sun The sun is a star in the sky. It is very hot. It is made of a few gases. The core is in the center of the sun. The sun is millions of miles away from Earth. The sun is very helpful. The sun shines on plants. This makes plants grow tall. People use the sun for light. The sunny weather is nice. People can go outside in sunny weather. The sun can be harmful to people. Its rays can burn people’s skin. The sun can also make people too hot. Story 2 - Helen Keller Helen Keller was a woman. She did not see, hear or talk. She acted wild like an animal. Then a teacher was sent to her. Ms. Annie Sullivan was her teacher. Ms. Sullivan worked with Helen. One day, Ms. Sullivan poured water onto Helen’s hand. She spelled the word into Helen’s hand. Helen now knew what water was. Helen learned more words. Then Helen learned to use words. Other people would know what Helen was saying. Helen went to school. She earned many awards. Show less
Informative texts provide main ideas and key details. It is important for students to be able to differentiate between the main ideas of a text and their supporting details. To do this, the first graders need to ask and answer questions about the text. Then they can analyze the text for the main idea.
Story 1 - The Sun
The sun is a star in the sky. It is very hot. It is made of a few gases. The core is in the center of the sun. The sun is millions of miles away from Earth. The sun is very helpful. The sun shines on plants. This makes plants grow tall. People use the sun for light. The sunny weather is nice. People can go outside in sunny weather. The sun can be harmful to people. Its rays can burn people’s skin. The sun can also make people too hot. Story 2 - Helen Keller Helen Keller was a woman. She did not see, hear or talk. She acted wild like an animal. Then a teacher was sent to her. Ms. Annie Sullivan was her teacher. Ms. Sullivan worked with Helen. One day, Ms. Sullivan poured water onto Helen’s hand. She spelled the word into Helen’s hand. Helen now knew what water was. Helen learned more words. Then Helen learned to use words. Other people would know what Helen was saying. Helen went to school. She earned many awards.
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