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Help your students navigate the world of factual reading with the Nonfiction Text Features Visual Guide. Using an engaging shark-themed diagram, this resource clearly illustrates how informational books use specific design elements to organize and present real-world knowledge.
This graphic is the perfect anchor for Elementary and Middle School literacy units, helping students move beyond the main text to find deep, factual insights.
The Anatomy of an Informational Book:
This guide uses a clear, annotated shark diagram to highlight essential text features:
Headings: Understanding how titles and headers organize information into sections.
Diagrams & Labels: Seeing how visuals and pointers identify specific parts of a subject.
Bold Words: Recognizing how authors highlight key vocabulary and essential terms.
Captions: Learning how small blocks of text provide critical context for images.
Nonfiction Context: A clear explanation that informational books are designed to present real-world facts and knowledge.
Why Educators Value This Literacy Resource:
Common Core Aligned: Supports anchor standards for Reading Informational Text (RI), specifically focusing on using text features to locate information quickly.
Visual Learning Scaffold: The use of a high-interest animal (a shark) keeps students engaged while the clear labels provide an essential scaffold for ESL/ELL students.
Science Integration: An excellent cross-curricular tool for combining ELA skills with Life Science units.
Classroom Ready: Perfect as a classroom anchor chart, a digital reference slide for guided reading, or a printable insert for student literacy notebooks.
Equip your students with the tools to decode complex information with this essential nonfiction text features visual guide!
Once purchased, you will be directed to an immediate download.
Format: PDF
Pages: 1
Help your students navigate the world of factual reading with the Nonfiction Text Features Visual Guide. Using an engaging shark-themed diagram, this resource clearly illustrates how informational books use specific design elements to organize and present real-world knowledge.
This graphic is the perfect anchor for Elementary and Middle School literacy units, helping students move beyond the main text to find deep, factual insights.
The Anatomy of an Informational Book:
This guide uses a clear, annotated shark diagram to highlight essential text features:
Headings: Understanding how titles and headers organize information into sections.
Diagrams & Labels: Seeing how visuals and pointers identify specific parts of a subject.
Bold Words: Recognizing how authors highlight key vocabulary and essential terms.
Captions: Learning how small blocks of text provide critical context for images.
Nonfiction Context: A clear explanation that informational books are designed to present real-world facts and knowledge.
Why Educators Value This Literacy Resource:
Common Core Aligned: Supports anchor standards for Reading Informational Text (RI), specifically focusing on using text features to locate information quickly.
Visual Learning Scaffold: The use of a high-interest animal (a shark) keeps students engaged while the clear labels provide an essential scaffold for ESL/ELL students.
Science Integration: An excellent cross-curricular tool for combining ELA skills with Life Science units.
Classroom Ready: Perfect as a classroom anchor chart, a digital reference slide for guided reading, or a printable insert for student literacy notebooks.
Equip your students with the tools to decode complex information with this essential nonfiction text features visual guide!
Once purchased, you will be directed to an immediate download.
MLS: K.R.3.A.a 1.R.3.A.b 1.R.3.A.c 2.R.3.A.c 3.R.2.A.c 4.R.3.A.a 5.R.3.A.a
CCSS: RI.K.7 RI.1.7 RI.2.5 RI.3.5 RI.5.7
