These nonfiction text features activities include five teaching options teachers can choose from. They are appropriate for grades three through five and offer various learning opportunities.

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE NONFICTION TEXT FEATURES ACTIVITES BUNDLE?

• Teaching Charts for Printing or Projecting-The teaching charts can be projected for the teacher to demonstrate how the feature helps readers better understand nonfiction text. They can also be printed for reference in student reading binders or interactive notebooks.
• Task Cards-Task cards (12) are included for students to use with Scoot or group discussion. Teachers can use them with a collection of nonfiction books and have students locate the features described. A recording sheet is included.
• Enlarged Task Cards for Projecting-The task card riddles are repeated on single pages for projecting and use in a whole group setting. Teachers can use these with cooperative groups and have the groups locate each feature for discussion.
• Text Feature Organizers-In stations, you could use the text feature organizers with a collection of books for students to analyze the text. Students can locate the features and describe them using the organizers.
• Teaching Presentations-Powerpoint presentations have been converted to PDFs for modeling. You can show a slide at a time for group discussion and demonstration. Presentations included so far are: Table of Contents, Using an Index, Using a Glossary, and Reading Maps
• Nonfiction Text Feature Accordion Book-Finally, an accordion book is included for use in interactive notebooks or as a bookmark as students read nonfiction. The student can refer to the accordion book if needed.

HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THE NONFICTION TEXT FEATURES ACTIVITIES BUNDLE:

Teachers can pick and choose the activities from the bundle and use them with various texts. The anchor charts work well for modeling  specific standards, and students can put them in interactive notebooks for reference when working on the specific skills. Graphic organizers have been added for use with multiple texts. You could also use these activities in stations too.

WHAT TEACHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THE NONFICTION TEXT FEATURES ACTIVITIES IN THIS BUNDLE:

• Great resource! I will use this again! My class enjoyed this.
• This is great! It is fun and a an awesome way to reinforce those skills taught in Cafe.
• This is a GREAT packet! Well worth the purchase!
• Great resource! My students were able to easily use it and liked the activities.
• I have several of your bundles and my kids have enjoyed all of them!
• Provided a lot of opportunities for third graders to understand nonfiction text features.

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