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Grade 2 English Language Arts · Level 4, Understand informational texts, text features, reasons, and sources; gather information for a purpose.

Use Images and Diagrams as Evidence

Explain how an illustration, diagram, chart, map, or image contributes information or clarifies the accompanying text.

How the lesson starts: Use Images and Diagrams as Evidence

1. Snap the camera bot

   Meet Amara the explorer and her camera robot, Snap. Snap says pictures talk too! A diagram can tell a fact the words don't say.

2. A labeled diagram

   Amara reads, a plant has four parts. Each part has a job. But which part is at the very top? The words don't say. The diagram shows it! The flower is on top. The roots are at the bottom.

3. A steps diagram

   Some diagrams show steps. The words say a frog changes as it grows. The arrows show the order. Egg, then tadpole, then frog. What comes right after the egg? The tadpole!