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Rainbow How-To: Find the Author's Purpose

Read a how-to text about making a rainbow with a hose and identify what the author wants to teach, explain and describe.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.2.6

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students identify the main purpose of a how-to text.
Students tell which question each paragraph answers and what the author wants to explain in it.

How to use

Read the how-to text together and ask why the author wrote each paragraph. Then have students answer on their own; try the hose rainbow outside on a sunny day if you can.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.2.6

Identify the main purpose of a text, such as what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.

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Rainbow How-To: Find the Author's Purpose

Read a how-to text and tell what the author wants to explain.

Read the how-to text

Read the text. Think about what the author wants you to learn and do.

Make a Rainbow in Your Yard

1A rainbow is a curved band of colors in the sky. You often see one when the sun shines while rain is falling. But you do not have to wait for a storm. With a hose and some sunshine, you can make a rainbow yourself.

2Here is what to do. First, ask an adult if you may use the garden hose. Next, pick a sunny morning or late afternoon. Stand with your back to the sun. Set the hose to a fine mist, and spray it up in front of you. Then look closely at the mist for colors.

3Why does this work? Sunlight looks white, but it is really made of many colors mixed together. When sunlight shines into tiny drops of water, the drops bend the light and send it back toward you. The colors spread apart, and you see a rainbow. That is why the sun must be behind you.

4Now look closely at your rainbow. Red is on the outside edge of the curve. Purple is on the inside edge. All the other colors fit in between.

5When you are done, turn off the hose so you do not waste water.

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