🔍 Craft & Structure: Informational: Night Animals (Grade 1)

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Read closely. Think about how the author wrote it.

Night Animals

Some animals sleep in the day and wake up at night.

Owls have big eyes to see in the dark.

Bats use sound to find bugs to eat.

Raccoons use their hands to find food at night.

Vocabulary: dark — use clues to define it: ________________

1. What is this text mostly about?

2. Find a word you learned. What does it mean?

3. Name one text feature that could help a reader (title, heading, picture).

4. Why did the author write this?

Answer key: structure: description; purpose: to inform about night animals · dark = with little or no light

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Free Grade 1 English worksheet (Common Core RI.1.4): analyze text structure, word meaning and author’s purpose in "Night Animals". Skill: Word choice, structure and point of view. Level: Grade 1 — also suits Year 2 (UK).

For teachers: skills & standards

CCSS RI.1.4: Word choice, structure and point of view
CCSS RI.1.5: Know and use text features to locate information
CCSS RI.1.6: Distinguish between information from pictures and from words
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