Exploring Nonfiction Text Features
2nd Grade•20 minutes•CCSS RI.2.2
Learning Objective
I can identify nonfiction text features (such as headings, captions, and labels) in a text.
Key Concepts
The table of contents is found at the beginning of a book and shows you what page to find different topics.
A heading is a short phrase above the text that tells you what the section is about.
A caption is a short explanation that gives you details about a picture.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 3 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Which of these is a text feature that helps you find specific topics in a book?
2. Where can you usually find a caption?
3. Imagine you are reading a book about dogs. You see a short phrase above a paragraph that says 'Types of Dogs'. What is this text feature called, and what does it tell you?
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