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Text Features

2nd Grade

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 2.23.f

use resources to find correct spellings.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 2.25.b

use text features (e.g., table of contents, alphabetized index, headings) in age-appropriate reference works (e.g., picture dictionaries) to locate information; and



2nd Grade Writing - Text Features Lesson
 


Glossaries

A glossary is a small dictionary at the end of a passage or a book. A glossary gives the meanings of some important words found in the book or passage. Words may be included in the glossary if they are difficult or new to the reader. The words are listed in alphabetical order.
Here is an example of a small glossary at the end of a passage about gardening:


  annual     a plant that only lives one season

  mulch      dead leaves or bark spread around a plant

  prune      to cut off dead or extra leaves or branches

  spade      a flat shovel used to turn soil




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