Provide your students with a wealth of knowledge about penguins while teaching them about the 5 informational text structures. This resource includes 4 activities and an assessment that can be used to teach students about: description, sequence, cause and effect, problem and solution, and compare and contrast.

These fun activities will introduce students to each text structure and help them recognize them in their independent reading.

Check out the preview for an up-close look at each activity in this resource.

What's Included?

• Slideshow & student guided note page
• Penguin informational flip book (5 pages + cover)
• Keyword Sorting mat
• Paragraph sorting activity
• Assessment
• Google Links for easy uploading
• Answer key

This resource focuses on these 5 text structures:

• description
• sequence
• cause and effect
• compare and contrast
• problem and solution

Teachers Like You are Saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jessica says, "This was perfect for beginning of the year review on text structure. My students were able to see the difference between the structures and I loved how it was all on the same topic."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kristen says, "This was a great way to have my kids practice determining text structures! I had them complete this sort with their tables."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nicole says, "Engaging, high interest texts! I had my students work in small groups to classify each text. I loved listening to them as they tried to rationalize where each short text went. Thanks for sharing this resource!"

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