Grade 1

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- 1.2.A
- 1.2.A.i
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- 1.2.A.iii
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- 1.2.A.v
- 1.2.A.vi
- 1.2.A.vii
- 1.2.B
- 1.2.B.i
- 1.2.B.ii
- 1.2.B.iii
- 1.2.B.iv
- 1.2.B.v
- 1.2.B.vi
- 1.2.C
- 1.2.C.i
- 1.2.C.ii
- 1.2.C.iii
- 1.2.C.iv
- 1.2.D
- 1.2.E
- 1.2.F
Strand 3
Strand 4
- 1.4
Strand 5
- 1.5
Strand 6
- 1.6.A
- 1.6.B
- 1.6.C
- 1.6.D
- 1.6.E
- 1.6.F
- 1.6.G
- 1.6.H
- 1.6.I
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Strand 11
- 1.11.A
- 1.11.B
- 1.11.B.i
- 1.11.B.ii
- 1.11.C
- 1.11.D
- 1.11.D.i
- 1.11.D.ii
- 1.11.D.iii
- 1.11.D.iv
- 1.11.D.v
- 1.11.D.vi
- 1.11.D.vii
- 1.11.D.viii
- 1.11.D.ix
- 1.11.D.x
- 1.11.E
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TEKS ELA Standard: 1.9.D

recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:

Five Holiday Napkin Folds

Five Holiday Puzzles

the size of various living things

Inside Lego’s Robot Factory

Blue Flames of Kawah Ijen Volcano

a rock that looks like Cookie Monster

Deep-Sea Snailfish Discovery

Impossible Balanced Rock Structures

the underwater cables that connect the internet across conti

flows through Yosemite National Park

all about mirrors

of Kīlauea volcano

30ft long log

Lake Michigan Ice Breaking Away

Turbidity currents

the Berlin Clock

Animal Adaptations tournament

How they recycle garbage

The Octobass: Largest Bowed Instrument

International Space Station’s bathroom

underwater volcanoes erupting

Railroad Tie Replacement Machine

cube-shaped watermelons

volcano lightning

The True Size of Countries

Horned Caterpillar

Size of Space

Wind-Powered Strandbeest Walks the Beach

Deep Ocean Creatures Without Names

What’s In My Brain: Primary Sources

Two columns. One is an example, one isn’t. Can you figure out the hidden rule before the big reveal?

Holiday Worksheets

Writing prompts, non-fiction analysis, and science topics related to Christmas and Hanukkah.

Pluto – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about Pluto back into the correct order?

The Great Sphinx – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about The Great Sphinx back into the correct order?

Coral Reef – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about the coral reef back into the correct order?

Trains – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about trains back into the correct order?

Earthquakes – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about earthquakes back into the correct order?

Analyze Paragraphs: Empire State Building

Three paragraphs about the Empire State Building. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Analyze Paragraphs: Wolverines

Three paragraphs about wolverines. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Depth and Complexity: 📈 Trends

Has something been changing recently? What might be causing that? What are the effects?

Depth and Complexity: Patterns

Can your students spot anything that repeats? Or that has stopped repeating?

Teach Non-Fiction Writing Structure With Fractals

Did you ever notice that the structure of an essay is very similar to the structure of a paragraph? Hmm…