Text Features Scavenger Hunt Activity
This text features scavenger hunt activity for 1st to 3rd Grade has kids match features to meanings, then find each one in a short sunflower book. Answer key included.
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Description
Text features are the signposts of a nonfiction book. Titles, headings, captions, bold words, diagrams and a glossary all help young readers find facts quickly. This text features scavenger hunt activity helps 1st Grade, 2nd Grade and 3rd Grade students learn what each feature does and then find it in a real nonfiction text.
First, children match eight Feature Cards to eight Meaning Cards, so they can say what a title, table of contents, heading, picture, caption, bold word, diagram and glossary are for. Next, they read a short three-page Hunt Book called From Seed to Sunflower, which holds every feature on the cards. On the Scavenger Hunt sheet, children write the page where they found each feature and what it showed. A practice worksheet then asks which text feature would help in six reading situations. This nonfiction text feature game is a great fit for a reading center, a small group or partner work.
What’s Included
- A How to Use page with steps and prep tips
- 8 Feature Cards and 8 Meaning Cards to match
- A three-page Hunt Book: From Seed to Sunflower
- A Scavenger Hunt recording sheet
- A 2nd Grade practice worksheet: which text feature can help?
- An answer key for the card matches and the hunt, plus a practice answer key
Why Kids Love It
- A scavenger hunt turns reading a nonfiction book into a search game.
- Matching cards give children a quick, hands-on way to learn new words.
- The Hunt Book is short, colorful and full of sunflower facts.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Before the hunt, hold up a real nonfiction book and point out one feature from each card. Use the text features scavenger hunt activity in a literacy center, with a science unit on plants, or as review before a reading test. At home, children can hunt for the same features in a library book and tell a family member how each one helps.
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