Description
Get your students excited & engaged while mastering nonfiction text features! This bundle includes TWO hands-on board games and my best-selling Text Feature Posters & Activity Pack! Activities cover the RI.2.7 & R1.3.7 standards focusing on identifying and understanding the purpose of nonfiction text features. Having an understanding of text features and how they contribute to the overall meaning of an informational text is so important when working on reading comprehension skills.
These hands-on text feature games, task cards, and activities are perfect for small groups and literacy centers. The activity pack also includes everything you need for a Text Feature Surgery Classroom Transformation!
What’s Included in this Bundle:
Text Features Posters & Activity Pack
- Posters: The set of posters are included in both BLACK background with neon colors and WHITE background with neon colors. (Total of 16 posters per color) Use these as text feature anchor charts!
- “Non-Fiction Text Features” Book Project: Students will search through magazines to find text feature examples and create their own book. (Perfect for text feature surgery or scavenger hunt!)
- Two Non-Fiction Passages with Fill in the Text Feature: Students must identify the text features and add the appropriate names (heading, glossary, caption, etc.)
- Two Comprehension Question Sheets: Aligned to each passage and includes questions focusing on TF.
- Two Graphic Organizers: Students will identify features within each passage and how they helped contribute to the purpose of the text.
- Two “Fill in the Text Feature” Non-Fiction Passages: Students must create their OWN text features based on the information provided in the text.
- Cut & Paste: Match the text feature with the correct description.
- Interactive Notebook Flap Book: Students will record the meaning and/or examples of each text feature to keep in their notebooks.
- Matching Task Card Game: Match the text feature with the correct name and description.
- “Understanding Text Features” Task Cards: Students will answer each TF question by applying what they know about text features.
- Text Feature Surgery Items: Printable folder covers & doctor badges
- Text Feature Surgery Parent Letter: Printable letter to send home asking parents for magazine donations.
- Text Feature Cheat Sheets: Colored & B/W versions of text feature cheat sheets that students can take home or use as a reference tool.
Digital Activities
Google Slides:
- Text Feature Posters
- Two Non-Fiction Passages
- Two Comprehension Question Slides
- Two Text Features Graphic Organizers
- Two ‘Fill in the Text Feature’ Non-Fiction Passages
- Text Features Drag & Drop
- “Understanding Text Features” Task Cards
- Text Feature Cut & Paste Booklet
Boom Cards:
- Text Feature Matching Task Card Game
Insect Text Feature Board Game
- 32 Insect-Theme Text Feature Multiple Choice Task Cards
- 32 Answer Cards (Print front & back for self-checking task cards)
- Insect Theme Game Board
- 6 Game Pieces (Attach to binder clip)
- Response Sheet
- B&W Versions of task cards, answer cards, game pieces and gameboard
Shark Text Feature Task Cards & Game:
- 32 Shark-Theme Text Feature Multiple Choice Task Cards
- 32 Answer Cards (Print front & back for self-checking task cards)
- Shark Theme Game Board
- 6 Game Pieces (Attach to binder clip)
- Response Sheet
- B&W Versions of task cards, answer cards, game pieces and gameboard
This bundle covers the following text features:
- Caption
- Table
- Diagram
- Heading
- Subheading
- Graph
- Fact Box
- Key Words
Standards Targeted:
★ RI 2.7 Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
★ RI 3.7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
Related Content:
Read more about Fun Activities to Teach Text Features in your classroom here!
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