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Resource for students to use during independent work time or literacy stations. Provides a QR code for students to listen to stories (2 non-fiction and 1 fiction) about elections. After they listen to the stories they choose one of the non-fiction texts to write facts about, find the main idea and key details, and define new words

Learning Goals

Practice finding the main idea and key details of a given text.
Allows students to gain familiarity with election terminology and basic information about how US elections are run.
Identify challenging words and define their meaning.

title "Election Day Informational Text Independent Writing Activity" 2024 by Haniah Lerner
under license"Creative Commons Attribution"

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Election Day Informational Text Independent Writing Activity

Created Jan. 24, 2024 by Haniah Lerner

Download: Election_Week_Playlist.docx

Download: Main_idea_key_details_new_words.docx

Subject:: Language, Grammar and Vocabulary, Reading Informational Text, American History
Level:: Lower Primary
Material Type:: Homework/Assignment

Standards

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NC.ELA.RI.1.2

North Carolina English Language Arts Standards

Grade 1

Learning Domain: Reading: Informational Text

Standard: Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

NC.EX.ELA.RI.1.4

North Carolina Extended Standards for ELA

Grade 1

Learning Domain: Reading Standards for Informational Text

Standard: With prompting and support, ask a reader to clarify the meaning of words in a text.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

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Lerner, Haniah. "Election Day Informational Text Independent Writing Activity". OER Commons. Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, 30 Oct. 2019. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://goopennc.oercommons.org/authoring/1969-election-day-informational-text-independent-writin>.

Lerner, H. (2019, October 30). Election Day Informational Text Independent Writing Activity. OER Commons. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://goopennc.oercommons.org/authoring/1969-election-day-informational-text-independent-writin.

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History

Remix published Jul 1, 2020 by Kimberly Brown: "Election Day Informational Text Independent Writing Activity"

Remix published Jun 1, 2020 by DULCE CASTILLO: "Remix: Election Day: Our Civic Duty & Why It Matters: Grade 3-5"

Updated Oct 30, 2019 by Haniah Lerner

Created Oct 30, 2019 by Haniah Lerner

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