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Grade 3 Reading & Writing · World 7: Fact Finders' Lab · Level 61
Two Texts, One Topic
What each text adds, and an answer that needs both.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 61
- Two texts about the same topic can teach different things. Reading both gives you the whole picture.
- An article about alligators says they're cold-blooded, so they lie in the sun to warm up. A swamp journal tells about seeing six alligators sunning on logs.
- Only the article says how long alligators grow. Only the journal tells about the canoe trip. And both say alligators lie in the sun.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 3.T.T.2.c — Integrate and explain information from two texts on the same topic in relationship to important points and key details. (I)