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Grade 3 English Language Arts · Level 6, Grade 4 Bridge — Introductory Independence

Bridge: Integrate Information Across Sources

Begin integrating a fact or idea across two short texts or a text and a visual.

How the lesson starts: Bridge: Integrate Information Across Sources

1. The Treetop Times

   Welcome to the Treetop Times newsroom! Editor Hazel the hedgehog gets two reports on the same topic. Kiri the fox writes one. Dax the badger writes the other. Hazel looks for facts that both reports share.

2. Two reports

   Kiri's report, Text A. Hummingbirds beat their wings very fast. Their fast wings let them hover by flowers. They drink nectar with long tongues. Dax's report, Text B. A hummingbird's heart beats very fast. To keep going, it must drink nectar all day.

3. Let's find what both say

   Hazel draws two circles. Kiri's facts go on the left. Dax's facts go on the right. Both say hummingbirds drink nectar, so that goes in the middle. Find the fact in Text A, then find it again in Text B!