In this section you’ll learn about the 5 most common text structures and how to help students learn to identify and use text structures in their reading and writing.

Jul 21, 2015 · This blog post is devoted to encouraging teachers of all grades and subject areas to teach students about text structure. It is an excellent way to improve writing and reading comprehension.

Learn effective strategies for teaching text structure to help kids improve reading comprehension and writing skills in the classroom.

This post shares tips for teaching text structure, including pre-requisite skills, all the different text structure skills, and strategies for when students struggle.

Mar 14, 2024 · In this article, we’ll explore what text structure is, why teaching it matters, and give examples of strategies you can use to teach text structure in your classroom:

Over the course of several days, we work on each text structure, reading texts that show the structure and talking about how we can depict the information in a graphic organizer.

Aug 22, 2025 · This is a very valuable article – one of the reasons that students experience difficulty reading is due to difficulty understanding text structures. So essential.

Introduce the idea that texts have organizational patters called text structures. Introduce the following common text structures (see the chart below for more detailed information):

Each text structure has 3 cards – one with an example, one with the purpose, and one with the characteristics. I’ve put together 5 engaging mini-lessons to share with you in case you need some too!

In this article, you’ll find important elements of the evidence-based text structure strategy that are relevant for classroom teachers. We organize the information around questions that frequently arise …