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Having Fun with Common Core: Text Structures, Chronology

At grades 4 and 5,
CCSS for ELA in the Reading Informational Text #5 focuses on Text Structures—chronology, comparison, cause/effect,
problem/solution.









Craft
& Structure #5

Grade 4

Grade 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.

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.

Chronology text structures are easy to find—just look at some biographies or history books. Some good choices include:

Balloons Over Broadway byMelissa Sweet

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba andBryan Mealer

The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth by Kathleen Krull

The Day-Glo Brothers by Chris Barton (illus. Tony Persiani)

The Dinosaurs of
Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara
Kerley (illus Brian Selznick)


The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau
by Dan Yaccarino


Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli (illus Kadir Nelson)


Marvelous Mattie by
Emily Arnold McCully


Planting the Trees of
Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire A. Nivola


Pop: The Invention of
Bubble Gum by
Megan McCarthy


Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst


The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass (E.B. Lewis)

Those Rebels, John & Tom by Barbara Kerley (illus.
Edwin Fotheringham)


What to Do About Alice? by Barbara Kerley illus. Edwin Fotheringham)

Life cycle books are also a good choice. Here are
some of my favorites:

 Arctic Lights, Arctic
Nights by
Debbie S. Miller


Family
Pack by Sandra Markle (illus.
Alan Marks)



Little Lost Bat by Sandra Markle (illus. Alan Marks)


A Mother’s Journey by Sandra Markle (illus. Alan Marks)


Waiting for Ice by Sandra Markle (illus. Alan Marks)

What to Expect When You’re Expecting Hatchlings: A Guide
for Reptile Parents (and Curious Kids) by Bridget Heos


What to Expect When You’re Expecting Joeys: A Guide for
Marsupial Parents (and Curious Kids) by Bridget Heos


What to Expect When You’re Expecting Larvae: A Guide for
Insect Parents (and Curious Kids) by Bridget Heos


Where Butterflies Grow by Joanne Ryder (illus Lynne Cherry)



The Bumblebee Queen by April
Pulley Sayre (illus Patricia J. Wynne)


I’ll talk about other
kinds of text structures next week. Stay tuned.

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