Teaching Reading Nonfiction Informational Text Structures Features Anchor Charts
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⭐️Can't decide between the ✨Best-Selling Informational Text Breakdown✨ my new Nonfiction Text Structure Breakdown, or the Nonfiction Choice Board Activities! Snag the bundle & save BIG. These nonfiction graphic organizers, & activities work w/ any type of informational text or nonfiction passage. Students love the Nonfiction Text Features scavenger hunt, Text Structure Sort & the fun dice Nonfiction Game | Nonfiction Reading response worksheet.
Everything you need to teach Identifying text structure, text features, main idea, authors purpose...etc in nonfiction passages in a fun & engaging way! Perfect for summarizing nonfiction text, teaching nonfiction reading skills, nonfiction centers, no-prep sub-plans, close reading, teaching nonfiction reading strategies, informational writing research breakdown, nonfiction book reports...etc!
This download includes both the PDF print & (editable) digital | google slide versions. PDF Version works as EASLE activity or assessment. Each slide is JAM-PACKED with Common Core aligned ELA concepts. #NOFLUFF
- Looking for fun & engaging activities for nonfiction text structures | informational texts that's age-appropriate for your upper-grades? (Upper-Elementary - Middle School, Secondary)
- Do your students struggle with reading comprehension when it comes to nonfiction passages or informational texts?
This Nonfiction Bundle is just what you need!
- Informational Text Breakdown
- Roll a Dice Response
- Informational Text Scavenger Hunt
- Text Structure Break Down
- Text Structure Anchor Charts
- Text Structure Interactive Notebook
- Nonfiction Choice board Activities
- Nonfiction Passages
- All activities include both print, digital, and PDF version
- ...ETC!
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Click Here to try my FREE Text Feature Sort
***Use again & again & again
- Magazine articles (Time for Kids, National Geographic, Scholastic News...)
- Websites (Newsela, Read Theory, Common Lit, Read Works...etc
- Brochures (I have students bring back brochures from their trips!)
- Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages
- ...etc
Whats Included:
1. Informational Text Breakdown (Digital & Print)
✏️ These Informational Text Summary Activities are ALL on a single page:
Pre-Read Section:
- Prediction
- Activate Schema
- Ask a Question
Reading Response Section:
- Main Idea
- Supporting details | evidence
- Author's Purpose | text evidence
- Reflection
- Connection to text
- Questions I still have
- Vocabulary
Text Feature Scavenger Hunt Section
Author Information | Boldface Words | Bullet Points | Picture Captions | Graph Chart Diagram | Contact Information | Drawing Fact | Opinion | Italicized Words | Glossary Heading | Index | List | Map | Subheading | Subtitle | Photographs | Questions | Answers | Table of Contents | Title | Timeline | Pronunciation Guide
✏️ Editable Nonfiction Roll & Respond Extension: After reading the article students can dive in deeper to the text with one of these fun activity suggestions! Students decide which response activity they will complete by rolling a dice.
- Valuable Vocabulary
- Favorite Facts
- Text Feature... Feature
- From the Editor
- Illustrated Infographic
- Quiz Me
2. Nonfiction Text Structure Breakdown: (Digital & Print)
- Digital & PDF Versions Included
- Text Structure Breakdown *Use again, and again, and AGAIN
- Nonfiction Text Structure Sort *Digital & Printable
- Editable Graphic Organizers
- 30+ Editable pages in Google Slides
- Links to my favorite FREE videos, passages, quizzes, and picture book
✏️ Description Text Structure:
- Editable Anchor Charts with keywords
- Link to picture book recommendations
- Link to favorite video introduction
- Link to FREE Text structure examples
- Editable Graphic Organizer *Digital & Printable
✏️ Sequence / Chronological Text Structure:
- Editable Anchor Charts with keywords
- Link to picture book recommendations
- Link to favorite video introduction
- Link to FREE Text structure examples
- Editable Graphic Organizer *Digital & Printable
✏️ Cause and Effect Text Structure:
- Editable Anchor Charts with keywords
- Link to picture book recommendations
- Link to favorite video introduction
- Link to FREE Text structure examples
- Editable Graphic Organizer *Digital & Printable
✏️ Compare and Contrast Text Structure:
- Editable Anchor Charts with keywords
- Link to picture book recommendations
- Link to favorite video introduction
- Link to FREE Text structure examples
- Editable Graphic Organizer *Digital & Printable
✏️ Problem and Solution Text Structure:
- Editable Anchor Charts with keywords
- Link to picture book recommendations
- Link to favorite video introduction
- Link to FREE Text structure examples
- Editable Graphic Organizer *Digital & Printable
✏️ Nonfiction Text Structure Breakdown
- Digital and Printable Version
- Editable
- Use with ANY nonfiction passage, students work through graphic organizer to determine the text structure.
✏️ Nonfiction Text Structure Sort
- Digital and Printable Version
- Editable
- Great for nonfiction center / rotation activity, as a pre-assessment and post-assessment.
✏️ Extension Activities
- Complete Text Structure Graphic Organizers using details from the nonfiction passage
- Links to my favorite FREE text structure quizzes
- Links to my favorite sources for FREE nonfiction text structure passages
3. Informational Text Choice Board (Digital & Print)
- ✅ Download the BONUS File to have ALL of the choice board activities on ONE Google Slide.
**Activities work independently as a standalone from the Choice Board
- Fact vs. Opinion Sort | Foldable
- Create a nonfiction Crossword Puzzle: Design a puzzle based on text
- Nonfiction Book Report Brochure | Design includes Text Features
- Design a Symbol or Infographic based on reading
- Create a new Text Feature using information from text
- Research a question you have after reading and respond
- Web Designer: Create a Frequently Asked Question page based on the reading
- Make an Arrangement: Sort and Organize Information from Reading: The Graphic Organizers listed on the Make an Arrangement Page as Inspiration and examples to recreate can be purchased here.
***Every activity requires the student to cite evidence from the text and support their thinking.
✅ This thing is JAM PACKED, check out the preview for a closer look ☺️
SEE WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING… Recommended for 4th - 8th Grades
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love using the graphic organizer to reinforce how important text features are to gather information about the passage. IT is a great tool to use over & over. Many times I pair this with Scholastic articles for a sub assignment. - 5th Grade
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love that I can use this resource with any informational text! it is super detailed and really worked well as an independent activity! I can't wait to try using it as a whole group! - 6th Grade
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I use this weekly with my AIS kids to examine articles from NewsELA. It really forces them to look carefully at the text and the text structures. - 7th Grade
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️This resource has worked well with my students to support them in understanding informative text and using informative texts for research purposes without plagiarizing the text. A great reference tool! - 9th, 10th, 11th Grade
Looking for more Informational | Nonfiction Text Activities?
- Try this new Informational Text Response Choice Board: These two products make the perfect pair! Use these activities again and again with ANY TEXT :D
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