First Grade Informational Texts Activity
This first grade informational texts activity has eight nonfiction task cards that help 1st grade readers find facts in a text and answer questions. Answer key included for quick checking.
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Description
Informational texts teach real facts about the world, and first graders are ready to read them closely and find answers. This first grade informational texts activity gives young readers eight short nonfiction task cards about frogs, bees, owls, penguins, seeds, snow, apples and turtles, so they practice reading for facts in small, friendly steps.
Each task card has a title, a colorful picture, two fact sentences and one question. Children read the facts, find the answer in the text and write it next to the card number on the Recording Sheet. Then a practice worksheet asks them to decide whether each sentence is a true fact or pretend, which helps them tell informational writing apart from make-believe stories. It is a simple 1st grade genres activity for reading centers, small groups or partner work.
What’s Included
- Colorful cover page
- How to Use page with materials, prep steps and simple directions
- 8 informational text task cards (two sheets, 6 straight cuts each)
- Recording Sheet for writing each answer
- Fact or Pretend practice worksheet
- Answer keys for the task cards and the practice worksheet
Why Kids Love It
- Short texts with bright pictures make reading nonfiction feel easy and fun.
- Finding answers in the text builds careful reading and comprehension skills.
- Sorting facts from pretend sentences helps children understand different genres.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Before starting, ask children what they already know about one of the animals on the cards. Model how to reread a fact to find an answer, then let partners take turns reading cards aloud. After the first grade informational texts activity, invite each child to find a nonfiction book and share one new fact with the class. Store the cards in a zip-top bag so the center is ready to use again.
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