In this lesson, the teacher will read a book about different landforms. The children will learn about the features of the landforms and how they were shaped by natural forces. Then text features will be discussed. The children will then explain how a text feature, such as images or diagrams, helped them to understand the scientific content more clearly.

Concepts

diagrams, illustrations, landforms

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Additional Tags

betterlesson, betterlesson: what shapes the land?, informational text, oh.ela-literacy.ri.2.7 explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text., informational text about science

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

RI.2.7 RI.3.7 RI.2.6 RL.3.7 RL.2.7 RL.1.5 RI.1.9 W.2.2 RI.1.6 RI.1.7 RI.2.1 RL.2.1