Informational text activities

This FREE nonfiction text features scavenger hunt is such a fun, hands on, and authentic activity for students to see nonfiction text features in real informational texts or nonfiction reading passages!

Anchor Chart I made for 1st Grade Informational Text Features

Non Fiction Text Features Study plus a few freebies from nonfiction text features worksheet , image source: elementaryantics.blogspot.com

One of my favorite ways to review Informational Text Structures with upper elementary kids is to organize a text structure scavenger hunt! First, I teach each of the five text structures: 1. Description 2. Order and Sequence 3. Cause and Effect 4. Compare and Contrast 5. Problem and Solution After I’ve taught all five of […]

Identifying and understanding text structures is such an important reading skill for students. Grab several free text structure activities on this post!

Children's magazines are a great source of informational text because the articles are short, interesting, and they include a variety of text structures and features. This post from Laura Candler includes tips for selecting appropriate magazines as well as strategies for using them to teach nonfiction reading comprehension. #informationaltext #readingcomprehension #nonfictionreading #readinglessons

When I teach one of reading’s key concepts, finding the main idea using informational text, I like to start off the unit with something really fun…kind of like how I sometimes eat my dessert first and dinner afterward…It just makes good sense to hook the kids into whatever concept you’re teaching by making it fun! […]

Looking for ways to motivate students to read? Try these five free nonfiction articles to use in your classroom. No prep and ready to go!

Informational Text about Penguins and TONS of other great printables!

This surgery classroom transformation is a fun and engaging way to review nonfiction text features with your students!