Informational Text Structures with and without Audio Support

by Rachel Lynette

Price: 300 points or $3 USD

Subjects: ela,reading,informationalText,craftAndStructures

Grades: 3,4,5

Description: These 32 Boom Cards are designed to help your students practice identifying different types of informational (non-fiction) text structures. Five text structures are used: description, sequence (sometimes called chronological), compare and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solution. Each card features a short informational paragraph (with signal words and phrases included) and a choice of text structures. This differentiation bundle features two identical decks, one with and one without audio support Supports Common Core Standards: CCSSRI.3.8 - Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence). CCSSRI.4.5 - Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text. CCSSRI.5.5 - Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.