Earth Day: Task Cards for Informational Text Structures | Earth Day Activities

These 32 Earth Day Task Cards will help your students practice Informational Text Structures while learning about Earth Day and environmental issues in April. Students will read a short description on each card and will use the information provided to determine which type of text structure they would use if they were to write about the topic. Each card is related to Earth Day or has an ecology theme. These task cards are lots of fun and promote higher level thinking.

This set includes:
32 Informational Text Structure Task Cards
Record Sheet
Answer Key

 

PLEASE NOTE: These task cards are also included in my complete, 63 page Earth Day Literacy Unit for 4th – 5th! It has lots of passages, activities, and more to help your students celebrate Earth Day!

 

Why you’ll love this resource:

• The task cards give your students concentrated practice identifying all five informational text structures.
• Task cards seem less overwhelming than longer passages for many students.
• Your students will enjoy these Earth Day themed task cards!!!
• You can easily turn the task cards into an actual game by adding a tic-tac-toe to a white board or by using a board game like Sorry, Hi-Ho! Cherry-O, or Chutes and Ladders.
• The task cards may be used in a number of ways, from reading centers, to whole class, one on one, test prep, SCOOT, exit slips, and more!!!

 

Looking for more task cards?
Task Cards for Characters
Task Cards for Inferences Using Informational Text
Task Cards for Inferences Using Literature
Task Cards for Main Idea Using Informational Text
Task Cards for Text Evidence Using Informational Text
Task Cards for Themes in Literature

 

Thanks so much!
Jenn

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