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Text Features
2nd Grade
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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
2.9.F
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recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts. |
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
2.10.C
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discuss the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes; |
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
ELA.2.R.2.1
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Explain how text features—including titles, headings, captions, graphs, maps, glossaries, and/or illustrations—contribute to the meaning of texts. |
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 2nd Grade Reading - Text Features Lesson
- Text Features and Search Tools
- Text features and search tools help you find information in a text. They also help you understand a topic better.
- Some common text features and search tools are
- Picture – an image used in a text
- Caption – a few words written under a picture to tell you more about it
- Chart – a diagram, table, or graph
- 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)
- Index – a list that tells the reader where to find things in a book
- 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
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