Integrating Information

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What does it mean to integrate information?

• to use information from 2 sources to describe a topic

• to compare and contrast information from 2 texts

• to determine which part of the texts are important

• all of the above

Why is it important to integrate or combine texts?

• strengthens comprehension

• there is no purpose

• to read more

What is the recommended focus of the third reading?

• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

• Basic comprehension

• Key Ideas and Details

• Craft and Structure

You read a chapter about the water cycle and then look at a diagram showing the process. What is the best way to combine these sources of information to understand the water cycle fully?

• Memorize the definitions of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

• Write a summary of the chapter and label parts of the diagram with these terms.

• Focus only on the diagram since it provides a visual representation.

• Ask a friend to explain the water cycle instead of using the chapter or diagram.

Read both sentences and select the best integration statement.

• In 1970, Senator Gayland Nelson founded the first Earth Day.

• Earth Day was founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson.

• Earth Day reminds us that it is important to take care of the environment.

Integration, when referring to reading comprehension, means

• the ability to integrate meanings across sentences within the text

• the ability to integrate information in the text with general knowledge

• both of these

• neither of these