Using the Text to Help You Activity
This using the text to help you activity has 1st-2nd grade students match short texts to the pictures that show them, building picture and word reading skills. Answer key included.
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Description
Young readers learn early that a text tells its story in two ways: with words and with pictures. This using the text to help you activity shows 1st and 2nd grade students how the illustrations and the words in a text work together to tell where something happens, when it happens, why and how. Children read short texts, look closely at pictures and connect the two.
The pack has eight bright Picture Cards, such as a beach, a red barn, a camping tent under the moon and a birthday cake, plus eight Text Cards with three short sentences each. Children read a Text Card, find the one picture that shows what the words describe, and record the picture card number on the Picture Detective Log. A 1st grade practice worksheet then asks students to look at a picture, read one sentence and fill in the bubble that answers a where, when or how question.
What’s Included
- A colorful cover and a How to Use page
- 8 Picture Cards and 8 Text Cards on four cut sheets
- A Picture Detective Log recording sheet
- A 1st grade practice worksheet with four picture and text questions
- Answer keys for the card match and the practice page
Why This Picture and Word Clues Activity Helps Kids
First, matching each text to its picture trains children to check the illustrations for details the words only hint at, which is a key skill for reading informational text. Second, each card needs careful reading, because only one picture fits every sentence on it. Third, the hands-on match turns close reading into a game, so students practice the same skill again and again without getting bored.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Use the using the text to help you activity at a literacy center, in a small reading group or at home. Model one card aloud first, pointing to the words and the matching details in the picture. Partners can also ask each other where and when questions about a Picture Card. This picture and word clues activity is a quick warm-up before a read-aloud of any picture book or nonfiction text.
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