Using Picture Matching Sentences Worksheet, students match detailed descriptions to picture to introduce the use of text features while reading.

Using Locating Nonfiction Text Features Examples Worksheet, students find examples of the text features in their own books.

Using Does it Tell a Story or Information Worksheet, students compare two texts about wasps to determine how they are alike and different.

Using Pictures and Words Context Clues Activity, students use pictures and text to find out the meaning of unknown words as they read.

Using Find the Meaning of the Word Worksheet, students figure out the meaning of each underlined word by using the clues in each passage and looking at the picture.

Using Using Text or Pictures to Find Information Worksheet, students read the text below about lions and write information they learned by reading the text or looking at the pictures.

Using Find Meaning Worksheet, students look at the underlined word in each sentence and use the sentence to understand the meaning of the word.

Using Finding Information Using Text and Photos Worksheet, students read the text and use the pictures to learn about cobras.

Using Word Meaning Earthworms Worksheet, students read Earthworms by Claire Llewellyn to determine the meanings of these words and phrases.

Using I Can Use Nonfiction Text Features Worksheet, students look for things such as bold face type, italics, captions, headings, drawings, charts, and diagrams as they read.

Using this Where the Wild Things Are Worksheet, students describe the title, author, and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are.

Using Using Picture Clues Worksheet, students try to figure out the meaning of each underlined word by listening to clues, looking at the picture, and thinking about what is happening.

Using Text and Illustration Clues Worksheet, students explain how the illustrations contribute and clarify a text to build their understanding of what has been read.

Using The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System Worksheet, students read The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System to determine the meanings of these words and phrases.

Using How Illustrations Help Tell a Story Worksheet, students explain how the illustration help the author tell the story.

Using RI.1.6 First Grade Common Core Lesson, students distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.

Using RI.1.7 First Grade Common Core Lesson, students distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.

Using Informational Text Vocabulary Worksheet, students use picture clues and context to determine the meanings of the words and phrases.

Using Understanding Meaning Worksheet, students read the short story to practice using strategies to figure out words that you don't know.

Using Understanding Meaning The Venus Fly Trap Worksheet, students read the short story below to write the words in the box.