Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
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| Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World | This story is an informational text that is sure to get the attention of any second grader. The author takes the reader around the world to examine different traditions children have when they lose a tooth. A series discussion questions are provided along with practice on text features and author's purpose. Also included is a culminating writing task along with a rubric for scoring. |
| Text Features: An Introduction | In this lesson, students will receive an introduction to nonfiction text features and their purpose. They will search for a variety of text features in nonfiction books and test their understanding with an assessment. |
| Ace High Flying Writers! | In this lesson, students will work with teacher and peer support on an informational text about whales to study the text features and determine the central idea. Students will use information from the text to complete a brainstorming organizer to prepare to write an expository paragraph. In the end, through this scaffolded practice, students will become Ace High Flying Writers! |
| It's Raining Research pt. 3 | This is a continuation of It's Raining Research (Lesson # 36797) and It's Raining Research Part 2 (Lesson #38864). This lesson demonstrates how students can use nonfiction text features to locate information relating to the different types of precipitation. The students will use nonfiction text features to gather information to describe when rain, snow, hail, and sleet occur. Students will share the information they have learned by creating a poster. |
| It's Raining Research (pt. 2) | This is a continuation of "It's Raining Research." Part 2 of this lesson demonstrates how students can use nonfiction text features to locate information relating to the different types of precipitation. The students will use nonfiction text features to gather information to describe the events that cause rain, snow, hail, and sleet to occur and then tell how they are similar and different. |
| Ant Text Features and Writing Picnic | In this lesson, students will learn all about ants by reading National Geographic Kids: Ants. They will investigate the use of various text features in the book and describe how they help readers to understand a text. Students will use their new knowledge to compose an expository paragraph explaining how ants live and work together in their colony. |
| Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Learning About Text Features | In this lesson, students will use nonfiction texts to learn about how text features help readers. Groups will be assigned a text feature to become an expert on. They will create a poster about their text feature and teach the class about what they have learned. Students will be given a group presentation self-assessment to think about what the group did well together and what could be done differently the next time. |
| Pet For A Day! | This lesson integrates science and reading utilizing authentic text to teach headings, comparing and contrasting basic needs of animals as well as observing needs of animals. |
| Body Systems | This lesson demonstrates how students can use text features to learn information in nonfiction and informational text. The lesson provides the opportunity for students to apply reading concepts while encountering nonfiction text. This lesson provides students with the opportunity to read and discuss various nonfiction selections about body systems and includes games and activities to engage students during the lesson. |
| The Mystery Book | This engaging lesson allows students to explore the importance of using text features to learn and locate information all while learning about the three forms of matter. Students enjoy using text features as clues to figure out the title of The Mystery Book. |
| It's Raining Research | This lesson demonstrates how students can use nonfiction text features to locate information relating to the different types of precipitation. The students will use nonfiction text features to gather information to describe rain, snow, hail, and sleet. Students will use this information to describe the similarities and differences in the various types of precipitation. |
| It's A Wash! | In this lesson, students will gain practice on reading informational material and using text features to comprehend text on the water cycle. |
| Cloud, Rain, and Fog | Students will learn to identify information from a non-fiction text on weather by asking questions and focusing on the text features of the book. |
| A Writing Activity- Learning about Penguins | Let's learn about penguins! Students will explore text features and the author's purpose for writing National Geographic Kids: Penguins. Using new knowledge, students will write an expository paragraph on penguins, including what they look like, what they eat, and where they live. |
| Ants in Your Pants! - Part 1 | This is the first lesson in a series about ants. In this lesson, students will create a KWL chart. New learning will occur as the students read an informational text about ants and talk about how text features help readers while they highlight important details. Students will complete an exit ticket to show their knowledge at the end of this lesson. |
| Ants in your Pants! - Part 3 | Now that your students have become interested in this amazing animal, it is time to learn more by starting a research project. Students will use multiple sources and a graphic organizer to record new facts about ants in preparation to complete an expository writing piece in the next lesson. |
| Clouds, Rain, and Fog: A Closer Look | Teach a repertoire of comprehension strategies to successfully process informational text for content knowledge. The students will be able to describe what clouds, rain, and fog are and how they are made. |
