Text structures
The text structure that deals with similarities and differences.
What is compare/contrast?
First I get dressed. Then I eat breakfast. Finally I brush my teeth.
What is sequence?
The place and value of the 4 in the number 9,745.
What are ten and 40?
I am bronze and have Abraham Lincoln on the front of me.
Penny
567 + 168 =
What is 735?
The text structure when things are organized in some kind of order.
Sequence
Most lions have almost solid tan fur, while tigers usually have gold and black striped fur.
What is compare/contrast?
The place and value of the 7 in the number 4,763
What are hundred and 700?
I am the smallest coin and am silver. I am worth ten cents and have Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the front of me.
What is a dime?
Round 237 to the nearest ten.
The text structure when one thing happens that makes another thing happen.
Cause and effect.
I fell off my skateboard and my knee started bleeding. I had to go to the hospital and get stitches.
What is cause and effect?
2 dimes, a nickel, and 2 pennies
What is 27 cents?
I am worth 5 cents and Thomas Jefferson is on the front of me.
What is a nickel?
532 - 165 =
The way a story is organized or built
What is text structure?
I forgot to study my spelling words. I didn't do too well on my quiz. My mom upset with me.
What is cause and effect?
2 quarters, 3 dimes, 1 nickel, 4 pennies
What is 89 cents?
I am silver and have George Washington on the front of me. Four of me equals a dollar.
What is a quarter?
Round 749 to the nearest hundred.
What is 700?
Name the three text structures we have talked about so far and tell what each one means.
What are:
Sequence= order
Compare/Contrast = same/different
Cause/Effect = One thing makes another thing happen
Chimpanzees and humans are alike in many ways. A baby chimp laughs when its mother tickles it. After chimpanzees fight, they kiss and make up. When one chimpanzee comforts another, it gives it a hug or pat on the back. There are, of course, many ways that chimpanzees and humans are different. Chimpanzees are smaller and stronger than humans. An adult male chimpanzee stands three or four feet tall and weighs about 100 pounds. But a chimpanzee can lift more weight than a man who is six feet tall.
What is compare and contrast?
3 quarters, 1 dime, 1 nickel and a penny?
What is 91 cents?
I am the largest coin. I am silver and two of me equals a dollar.
What is a half dollar?
Round 997 to the nearest hundred.
What is 1,000?