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Reading for Main Details—Beavers Teeth Worksheet

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About the "2.RI.2.6-3.pdf" Worksheet

This interactive and printable worksheet titled "2.RI.2.6-3.pdf" focuses on helping students understand the main idea and supporting details in a text about beaver teeth. The worksheet presents a passage that describes the unique characteristics of beaver teeth, including their length, strength, and orange color due to the presence of iron.

By reading the passage and completing the accompanying activities, students will develop their comprehension skills and learn to identify the main idea and supporting details effectively. This worksheet encourages close reading and critical thinking, enabling students to extract key information from the text.

What will your child learn through this worksheet?

  • Identifying the main idea of a text
  • Recognizing supporting details that reinforce the main idea
  • Developing close reading and comprehension skills
  • Fostering critical thinking and analysis abilities

Learning Outcomes

Cognitive

  • Understand and identify the main idea in a given text
  • Recognize and extract supporting details from the passage
  • Analyze the relationship between the main idea and supporting details

Psychomotor

  • Practice writing skills by recording the main idea and supporting details
  • Develop fine motor skills through the act of writing or typing

Affective

  • Foster an appreciation for the natural world and the unique adaptations of animals
  • Encourage curiosity and interest in learning about beavers and their characteristics

Interpersonal/Social

  • Engage in discussions and share findings with classmates or family members
  • Collaborate with peers or seek guidance from teachers or parents if needed

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beaver teeth, main idea, supporting details, reading comprehension, close reading, critical thinking, cognitive, psychomotor, affective, interpersonal/social

Common Core Standards Covered

RI.2.10
By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
RI.2.6
Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.

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