somethingthat provesthe truth ofsomethingelseevidencepassagesthatexplain orinforminformationaltextputting togetherkey details andevidence fromsources in a waythat supportsyour main idea integrateexplainssomethingspecific, like howsomething worksor how to dosomething, often astructured formattechnicaltextthe way inwhich apiece ofwriting isstructuredorganizationhow ideasinfluenceindividuals/eventsor how individualsinfluenceideas/eventsinteractionsthe specificperspective orposition theauthor has ona topicpointof viewto provide anoverview of textthat states mainpoints but notall the detailssummarizedetails thatsupport theauthor’sparticularpoints in a textreasonswhat thetext ismostlyaboutmainideasstated directly;author tells thereaders exactlywhat they needto knowexplicitideasidentifies aproblem andproposesone or moresolutionsproblemandsolutioneventsand theiroutcomescauseandeffectinfer means tomake areasonableconclusion basedon evidencefound in the textinferencethe reasonan authorhas forwriting apiece of textauthor'spurposetheconnectionsbetween twoor more peopleor thingsrelationshipsa piece of writing,document, or artifactthat providesinformation aboutreal people, places,and events from thepasthistoricaltexta description ofevents written ortold by someonewho was not therebut got the storyfrom anothersource secondhandaccountfacts andideas thatsupport themain ideakeydetailsorganized fromleast to mostimportant orfrom most toleast importantorder ofimportancehe order inwhich a seriesof eventshappens;arranged inorder of timechronologicalordertexts that focus onexplaining thingsrelated to science,like the naturalworld, experiments,or scientificdiscoveriesscientifictextanalyzes thesimilarities anddifferencesbetween ideasin a textcompareandcontrastdescription ofevents writtenor told bysomeone whowas therefirsthandaccountsomethingthat provesthe truth ofsomethingelseevidencepassagesthatexplain orinforminformationaltextputting togetherkey details andevidence fromsources in a waythat supportsyour main idea integrateexplainssomethingspecific, like howsomething worksor how to dosomething, often astructured formattechnicaltextthe way inwhich apiece ofwriting isstructuredorganizationhow ideasinfluenceindividuals/eventsor how individualsinfluenceideas/eventsinteractionsthe specificperspective orposition theauthor has ona topicpointof viewto provide anoverview of textthat states mainpoints but notall the detailssummarizedetails thatsupport theauthor’sparticularpoints in a textreasonswhat thetext ismostlyaboutmainideasstated directly;author tells thereaders exactlywhat they needto knowexplicitideasidentifies aproblem andproposesone or moresolutionsproblemandsolutioneventsand theiroutcomescauseandeffectinfer means tomake areasonableconclusion basedon evidencefound in the textinferencethe reasonan authorhas forwriting apiece of textauthor'spurposetheconnectionsbetween twoor more peopleor thingsrelationshipsa piece of writing,document, or artifactthat providesinformation aboutreal people, places,and events from thepasthistoricaltexta description ofevents written ortold by someonewho was not therebut got the storyfrom anothersource secondhandaccountfacts andideas thatsupport themain ideakeydetailsorganized fromleast to mostimportant orfrom most toleast importantorder ofimportancehe order inwhich a seriesof eventshappens;arranged inorder of timechronologicalordertexts that focus onexplaining thingsrelated to science,like the naturalworld, experiments,or scientificdiscoveriesscientifictextanalyzes thesimilarities anddifferencesbetween ideasin a textcompareandcontrastdescription ofevents writtenor told bysomeone whowas therefirsthandaccount

INFORMATIONAL TEXT 5TH - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. evidence
    something that proves the truth of something else
  2. informational text
    passages that explain or inform
  3. integrate
    putting together key details and evidence from sources in a way that supports your main idea
  4. technical text
    explains something specific, like how something works or how to do something, often a structured format
  5. organization
    the way in which a piece of writing is structured
  6. interactions
    how ideas influence individuals/events or how individuals influence ideas/events
  7. point of view
    the specific perspective or position the author has on a topic
  8. summarize
    to provide an overview of text that states main points but not all the details
  9. reasons
    details that support the author’s particular points in a text
  10. main ideas
    what the text is mostly about
  11. explicit ideas
    stated directly; author tells the readers exactly what they need to know
  12. problem and solution
    identifies a problem and proposes one or more solutions
  13. cause and effect
    events and their outcomes
  14. inference
    infer means to make a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text
  15. author's purpose
    the reason an author has for writing a piece of text
  16. relationships
    the connections between two or more people or things
  17. historical text
    a piece of writing, document, or artifact that provides information about real people, places, and events from the past
  18. secondhand account
    a description of events written or told by someone who was not there but got the story from another source
  19. key details
    facts and ideas that support the main idea
  20. order of importance
    organized from least to most important or from most to least important
  21. chronological order
    he order in which a series of events happens; arranged in order of time
  22. scientific text
    texts that focus on explaining things related to science, like the natural world, experiments, or scientific discoveries
  23. compare and contrast
    analyzes the similarities and differences between ideas in a text
  24. firsthand account
    description of events written or told by someone who was there