Take a feature tour
Project a nonfiction page and think aloud: "This heading tells me this part is about food. This caption explains the picture." Then kids tour their own book and name each feature. Seeing you use them first shows why they matter.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
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