Problem and Solution Texts for Teaching Text Structure

Description

Eight original informational texts for teaching the text structure of problem and solution! Texts include before and after reading activities to help students learn key vocabulary and characteristics of the problem solution text structure. Texts include:

-The James River Ferry

-The Flooded City

-Salamander Crossing

-Rain Gardens

-Cooking in a Colonial Kitchen

-Schoolhouse Problems and Solutions

-The Biotic Index

-When Solutions Attack

Answer keys and rubrics are included. This file includes over 80 pages of classroom-ready resources--a great value! For teachers with multiple reading levels in one classroom, these texts provide what you need to differentiate.

Now part of a text structure bundle:

Text Structure Bundle

Other text structure resources:

Cause and Effect Texts for Teaching Text Structure

Chronological Order Texts for Teaching Text Structure

Compare and Contrast Texts

Description Texts for Teaching Text Structure

Problem and Solution Texts for Teaching Text Structure

Text Structure Card Match and Centers

Text Structure Readers Theatre

Informational Text: The Flooded City

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Problem and Solution Texts for Teaching Text Structure

Name: Problem and Solution Texts for Teaching Text Structure
Brand: Emily Kissner
SKU: 140957
Price: 7.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.79 (674 reviews)

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Highlights

Grades

3rd - 7th

Subjects

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading

Standards

CCSSRI.3.3

CCSSRI.3.8

CCSSRI.4.3

Description

-The James River Ferry

-The Flooded City

-Salamander Crossing

-Rain Gardens

-Cooking in a Colonial Kitchen

-Schoolhouse Problems and Solutions

-The Biotic Index

-When Solutions Attack

Now part of a text structure bundle:

Text Structure Bundle

Other text structure resources:

Cause and Effect Texts for Teaching Text Structure

Chronological Order Texts for Teaching Text Structure

Compare and Contrast Texts

Description Texts for Teaching Text Structure

Problem and Solution Texts for Teaching Text Structure

Text Structure Card Match and Centers

Text Structure Readers Theatre

Informational Text: The Flooded City

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Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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Rated 4.79 out of 5, based on 674 reviews

674
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638

Mostly used with 4th and 5th grades

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A Well Crafted Resource

Rated 5 out of 5

August 19, 2025

Met expectations

Great value

Standards-aligned

This was a great resource to use with my small reading groups. I loved how easy it was to prep!

Kate L.

445 reviews • Florida

Grades taught: 4th

Student populations: Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties, Mild to severe disabilities

Rated 4 out of 5

August 25, 2023

Great resource. The text aligns with the fourth grade curriculum.

Barbara B.

156 reviews

Grades taught: 4th

Rated 5 out of 5

August 2, 2022

Used with my English class and loved how it engaged my class.

Lelah C.

432 reviews

Grades taught: 9th

Student populations: Learning difficulties

Rated 5 out of 5

July 5, 2022

This is a great resource for this skill! Students were very engaged!

MiddleGradesMsA

(TPT Seller)

472 reviews

Grades taught: 5th

Rated 4 out of 5

June 19, 2022

Great Resource!!

Jackie M.

368 reviews

Grades taught: 4th

Rated 4 out of 5

February 11, 2022

A+ students were very engaged.

Barbara B.

124 reviews

Grades taught: 5th

Student populations: Autism, Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties

Rated 4 out of 5

February 4, 2022

Used this as a resource for students in school learning and those quarantined at home.

Jennifer R.

151 reviews

Grades taught: 6th

Rated 5 out of 5

December 28, 2021

Great resource for problem and solutions!

christina B.

852 reviews

Grades taught: 4th

Questions & Answers

Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSSRI.3.3

Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.

CCSSRI.3.8

Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).

CCSSRI.4.3

Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.