Scavenger Hunt for Nonfiction Text Features

We have reached the halfway point in our nonfiction text features study. It was time to slow down and see if students could identify the features within a piece of nonfiction text.
Captions, Labels, Tables, and Graphs

In the past two weeks we added to our Nonfiction Text Features hunt by identifying captions, labels, tables, and graphs in our texts.
Bold and Italic Print & Groundhog Freebie

We continue to learn about the features of nonfiction text. Last week we added bold and italic print to our list of features we can identify.
Diving Into Nonfiction Text Features

We dove into our study of nonfiction text features over the last two weeks. We started with a sorting activity for fiction and nonfiction text features. The students had a few misconceptions, but we were able to clear those up.
Horrible Harry

I have been busy with my nose in a Horrible Harry book off and on for a few weeks now. Here are some activities to pair with the Horrible Harry series.
Five Little Penguins Slipping on the Ice

I’m sharing how we used the book, Five Little Penguins Slipping on the Ice to create mental images.