Non fiction text features anchor chart

Nakayla | ⋒ 2nd Grade Teacher’s Instagram post: “Nonfiction Text Features! 🌟 Today we spent some time reviewing text features. It is not only important for them to identify them, but…”

Text Features Anchor Chart | Text features for non-fiction, somewhat color-coded (tee-hee). First ...

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Nonfiction Text Features Chart {FREE} - This Reading Mama

Illustrated anchor chart for non-fiction text features

Teach text structures with this nonfiction text structure anchor chart and FREE sorting activity! Ideal lesson for the upper elementary classroom that includes 8 free passages!

Teaching nonfiction text features in reading...This expository nonfiction anchor chart helps students learn about text features in nonfiction texts.

An early lesson you want to teach your students is the difference in books that tell stories and books that give information. I have found that the best way to teach this is within context of different types of texts. Let's read more about some resources that I have used to teach the differences in the two types, as well as meet our pesky friend, the BOOK BANDIT! We begin the unit learning the text features of both types of texts by creating this anchor chart and using real text examples to…

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As we dive into 2nd quarter my reading instruction is now full of non-fiction. Most of our reading objectives for the quarter deal with non-fiction. While my second graders usually know what non-fiction is and how it is different from fiction, they often don't understand most of the conventions, text features, and how to retell. So we spend a LOT of time in our minilessons learning all we can about non-fiction. I've started out by introducing text features. I had an old poster that had a…

Who doesn't love a good scavenger hunt? Here are 3 ways to harness the engaging power of scavenger hunts in practicing text features. Includes a reusable, FREE printable!

Non-fiction Text Features Anchor Chart

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Nonfiction text features anchor chart used for my second grader

I try to get my kids to recognize text features in all non-fiction texts we read. My favorite teacher moments are when I hear my kiddos say, "Mrs. Lopez! Look! It's a diagram!" Makes my teacher heart happy! I simply typed up these text features and printed them on colored paper. Click here if you'd like a copy. I tried to hit it really hard this year because I think if kids can understand the purpose of text features, and then they use the text features, it makes a big deal in their…

Fiction vs. Non-Fiction

What are text features? How do you teach text features to kindergarteners? Which text features are important to teach? Do fiction books also have text features or just nonfiction books? We have the answers to all these questions and more! Read our blog to see exactly how we taught text features to our kindergarteners! #nonfictiontextfeatures #fictiontextfeatures

Non-fiction Text Features