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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
Text Features
Grade:
3rd Grade
Standard:
3.9.D
Description:
recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
(i) the central idea with supporting evidence;
(ii) features such as sections, tables, graphs, timelines, bullets, numbers, and bold and italicized font to support understanding; and
(iii) organizational patterns such as cause and effect and problem and solution;
Standard:
3.9.F
Description:
recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.
Standard:
3.10.C
Description:
explain the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;
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3rd Grade Reading - Text Features Lesson
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Text Features
Text Features and Search Tools
Text
features
and
search tools
help the reader find information in the text.
Some common text features and search tools
Picture
– an image or illustration used in a text
Caption
– a title or brief explanation included underneath an image or picture, usually to add more information or to describe the image
Chart
– a
diagram
,
table
, or
graph
that displays information
Sidebar
– a text box that contains extra information about a passage, usually included on the left or right of the text
Heading
– the title of a section of a text, usually shown in
bold
Bold
– when important words in a text are shown in
dark
,
thick letters
(e.g., the Earth’s
atmosphere
)
Italics
– when important words in a text are shown in
slanted letters
(e.g., the
characters
in the play)
Table of Contents
– a list of the chapters or sections in a text and their titles
Glossary
– a list of important terms from the text and their definitions
Hyperlink
– a link to the address of a website (e.g.,
www.learningfarm.com
)
❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋
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