Exploring Nonfiction Text Features

2nd Grade•15 minutes•Indiana 2.RC.7

Learning Objective

I can identify nonfiction text features (such as headings, captions, and labels).

The table of contents is found at the beginning of a book and lists topics and the page where they start.

A heading is a short phrase above the text that tells what the section is about.

A caption is a short explanation that gives details about a picture.

This lesson includes 3 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Where can you find the table of contents in a book?

2. What is the purpose of a heading in a nonfiction text?

3. Look at the picture of the narwhal. Write a caption that gives more information about the narwhal in the picture.

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