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1st Grade Text Features Worksheets

24 1st grade text features worksheets. Teacher favorites: Picture Matching Sentences Worksheet and Using Picture Clues Worksheet. How teachers use these

1st Grade Text Features Worksheets

24 1st grade text features worksheets. Teacher favorites: Picture Matching Sentences Worksheet and Using Picture Clues Worksheet. How teachers use these

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Worksheet1st GradePicture Matching Sentences Worksheet

With this picture matching sentences worksheet, first graders read six short sentences and label the picture each one describes. Answer key included, so checking work takes seconds.

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Worksheet1st GradeUsing Picture Clues Worksheet

This Using Picture Clues Worksheet gives first graders four illustrated sentences and asks them to figure out what each bold word means. An answer key is included, so it is ready for quick, no-prep reading practice.

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Worksheet1st GradeUsing Text or Pictures to Find Information Worksheet

This Using Text or Pictures to Find Information Worksheet asks 2nd graders to decide whether each fact came from the words or the picture. An answer key is included, so nonfiction practice takes no prep.

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Worksheet1st GradeUsing Pictures as Context Clues Worksheet

This Using Pictures as Context Clues Worksheet helps 1st Grade readers use an illustration and the words around a new word to find its meaning, with five questions and an answer key included.

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Worksheet1st GradeUnderstanding Meaning The Venus Fly Trap Worksheet

The Understanding Meaning The Venus Fly Trap Worksheet gives 1st graders a short non-fiction passage and five context clue questions. An answer key is included, so students can check their thinking and point to the sentence that proves it.

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Worksheet1st GradeIdentifying Unknown Words in a Text Worksheet

This Identifying Unknown Words in a Text Worksheet gives 1st Grade readers a soccer passage and five context clue questions, with an answer key included, so they learn to work out new words from the sentences around them.

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Worksheet1st GradeWhere the Wild Things Are Worksheet

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

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Worksheet1st GradeFinding Information Using Text and Photos Worksheet

A beaver-themed Finding Information Using Text and Photos Worksheet that has 1st graders decide whether each answer came from the words, the picture, or both. Answer key included for fast, no-prep nonfiction reading practice.

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Worksheet1st GradeFeatures of an Informational Book Worksheet

This features of an informational book worksheet helps 1st grade readers name and find a heading, photo, caption, and bold word on a real book page, with an answer key for easy checking.

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Worksheet1st GradeThe Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System Worksheet

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.

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Worksheet1st GradeCompare Contrast Book Covers Worksheet

Using Compare Contrast Book Covers Worksheet, students compare two books using information from the book cover to determine how they are alike and different.

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Worksheet1st GradeComparing Similar Texts Illustrations Worksheet

This Comparing Similar Texts Illustrations worksheet has 1st graders read two short pumpkin books and compare their pictures, with an answer key that makes checking quick and easy.

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Worksheet1st GradeFind the Meaning of the Word Worksheet

The Find the Meaning of the Word Worksheet gives 1st graders a short non-fiction passage and five context clue questions. An answer key is included, so children can check their thinking and point to the sentence that proves it.

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Worksheet1st GradeWord Meaning Earthworms Worksheet

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

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Worksheet1st GradeHow Illustrations Help Tell a Story Worksheet

With the How Illustrations Help Tell a Story Worksheet, 1st grade students record a read-aloud book, draw one of its pictures, and write what that picture adds to the story.

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Worksheet1st GradeUsing Illustrations to Understand Worksheet

A Using Illustrations to Understand Worksheet that has 1st graders pull clues about weather, feelings, and events from a picture the words never mention. Answer key included for fast, no-prep reading practice.

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Worksheet1st GradeUsing Illustrations to Understand a Story Worksheet

The Using Illustrations to Understand a Story Worksheet gives 1st graders a short story and a picture that fills in what the words leave out. Five questions and an answer key are included.

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Worksheet1st GradeRocking Word Meanings Worksheet

Using Rocking Word Meanings Worksheet, students read Let's Go Rock Collecting by Roma Gans to determine the meanings of these words and phrases.

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Worksheet1st GradeRI.1.7 Common Core Worksheet

This RI.1.7 Common Core worksheet has 1st grade students read about butterflies and decide if each fact came from the text or the picture. Includes an answer key and builds careful nonfiction reading.

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Worksheet1st GradeDr. Seuss Book Parts Worksheet

Using Dr. Seuss Book Parts Worksheet, studentsidentify the front cover, back cover, and page of a book to gather information about what they will read.

From our teachers' playbook

Headings, pictures and bold words

What do 1st graders learn about text features?

First graders discover that nonfiction books have special tools to help readers find information. They learn about the title, table of contents, headings, bold words, glossary, photos and captions. They practice using pictures and words together to understand what they read, and they compare storybooks with information books. The click comes when a child wants to know about sharks, opens the table of contents and flips straight to the right page.

Our favorite ways to teach text features

Text features make sense when kids use them to find something they actually want to know.

Tour a nonfiction book

Before reading, take the class on a tour of an information book. Point to each feature and ask, "How does this help us?" Then make a class anchor chart with a sticky-note example of each feature.

Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).

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I have, who has?

Play a quick round where kids match each text feature to its job. "I have glossary. Who has the part that tells where to find each chapter?" Everyone listens closely, and the vocabulary sticks.

Why it works: playful practice with a clear goal keeps kids practicing longer, and simple learning games have been shown to build real skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).

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Questions parents and teachers ask

What text features do 1st graders learn?

Titles, table of contents, headings, bold words, glossaries, photos, captions and labels. They learn how each one helps a reader find or understand information.

Why are text features important?

They help readers find information quickly and understand new words and ideas. Knowing text features makes nonfiction much easier to read.

What's the difference between fiction and nonfiction for 1st graders?

Fiction tells a made-up story. Nonfiction gives true information and often has features like headings, photos and a glossary.

How can I practice text features at home?

Read nonfiction books about your child's favorite topics. Ask them to find the table of contents, a bold word or a caption, and talk about what each one tells you.