Craft & Structure How is this text written? Why?
BENCHMARK
TIP TO SUPPORT
EXAMPLES
▶ What do you feel when you read this sentence? ▶ Why would the author write hot instead of warm ? ▶ How does this story start? ▶ What is the small section of text under this picture called? (a caption) ▶ What point is this author trying to make? ▶ What words make you think that?
Understand how specific words describe feelings and senses.
Have your child point out sensory words, and ask why an author chose to use each word.
Ask your child to tell you what happens at the beginning, middle, and end of a story, and what text features make up a page.
Describe how a story or text is structured.
Talk about the purpose of a story or text, and how the author supports it with details.
Ask your child why the author chose to write this story, and how he or she can tell.
Integration of Knowledge & Ideas How do the different parts of this text connect to one another? How does this text connect to other texts?
BENCHMARK
TIP TO SUPPORT
EXAMPLES
Understand how images in a text help to describe the characters, settings, and events. Explain how specific points an author makes are supported by rele- vant reasons.
▶ What does the illustration on this page tell you that the text doesn’t? ▶ Why did the author include it? ▶ What is the author trying to say in this article? ▶ How do you know? ▶ What does the author say that might make you agree with him or her? ▶ What happens in these two stories? ▶ Do the characters react the same way to what happens? ▶ Are the facts in this article the same as the facts in that one?
Ask your child what he or she can learn from the illustrations and charts on a page.
Talk to your child about how an author makes his or her argument.
Discuss with your child what makes two stories or texts similar and what makes them different.
Compare and contrast two stories or texts.
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Family Guide to Literacy | Grade 2
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