Text Features
The big words at the top of the page.
heading
Making a smart, educated guess by thinking about what you know and what will probably happen next
prediction
Mom and I like to make cookies when it snows while dad puts up twinkle lights on the porch. What month is it?
December
We ate at a café called Dandelions. The wallpaper was covered with sunflowers, snowdrops, and lilacs. On every table there were fresh daisies, lilies, peonies, and orchids. The menu had a picture of a dandelion on the front. There were all kinds of teas made with fresh flower blossoms and leaves. What is the theme of the café?
flowers
Bobo loved to dress up in costumes. Sometimes he was an astronaut or a clown. Today, he dressed up as a ghost and hid in his sister's closet. When she opened the door, he jumped out and yelled, "Boo!" His sister did not think it was funny, but Bobo was rolling on the floor laughing.
Entertain
The numbers at the bottom of the page.
Page numbers
Everyone was talking quietly as they waited for the show to start. The crowd started to get louder and louder as time went by. The excitement was growing by the minute. Then, all the lights went off and a spotlight came on. What will probably happen next?
The crowd will get quiet and the show will start.
True or False
Susy sees one of her classmates has forgotten her gloves and scarf. It is snowing outside, and the wind is blowing. Susy takes her scarf off and wraps it around the girl. She tells the girl to tuck her hands into her coat pockets to keep them warm. Susy is compassionate.
True
What is the theme of this passage?
The saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" may be true! The skin of apples has lots of vitamins, like vitamin C. There is no added sugar or preservatives and very little sodium, fat, and cholesterol. The fiber inside apples is good for your stomach, too.
Apples are good for you.
You should visit Alaska because the mountains and forests are so pretty. You've never seen anything like it! There is all the fresh seafood you could ever want. You can even take a plane and land on a glacier on top of the mountains. The ocean is filled with otters, seals, fish, and whales. You can take a cruise and spend hours watching these amazing sea creatures. It will be a trip you never forget.
Persuasive
The words underneath a picture.
caption
Anna and her cat Soto lived in a cottage. Soto liked to play games. One day, Anna heard a noise in the kitchen. She went to check it out, but didn't see anything. Then, she heard a noise under the table. She looked under there and didn't see anything. Anna heard another noise by the curtains on the window. Anna thought, "I haven't seen Soto all morning...."
Soto is playing hide and go seek. Anna will go look behind the curtains.
Bob likes to work outside. Today he is planting trees and flowers. As he works, he can hear children playing and laughing. Where is Bob?
at a park or somewhere near a playground
As Joe walked home, he noticed Ally dropped a $50 bill. She must not have noticed because she kept walking. Joe picked it up and thought of all the cool stuff he could buy, but then he thought about how Ally might feel when she discovered the money was missing. With a sigh, Joe ran as fast as he could to catch Ally.
It's better to do the right thing.
Necklaces are made with beads, gems, and minerals. Sometimes people like to add charms, too. You can string the necklaces with a variety of tools- ribbon, fishing wire, gold, silver, string, and steel wire.
Expository, explaining, teaching, informing
The list of chapters and page numbers at the beginning of the book.
Table of contents
To make a peanut butter jelly sandwich, you first have to make sure you have all the ingredients. Then, you will want to wash your hands. Next, you'll carefully spread the peanut butter on one slice of bread and the jelly on another slice of bread. Then, you will put the two pieces together. Afterwards, you'll want to clean everything up. Now you can enjoy a yummy sandwich! What is the 3rd step?
Next, you'll carefully spread the peanut butter on one slice of bread and the jelly on another slice of bread.
Alexander T Wolf told us his side of the story. He said he was framed and it all started out as a misunderstanding. He writes this book from jail. How do you think Alexander T Wolf feels about it all?
mad, hurt, depressed, hysterical, in denial
What title would represent the theme of this poem?
White and fluffy as can be
I love to go outside to skate on the ice and play make believe in the yard
I make big white angels and tall round men
Thick fuzzy gloves keep my hands warm as I form balls of ice to throw
Oh what fun I will have when winter arrives
Snow
I think we should eat at Incredible Pizza. They have games to play while you're waiting on your pizza, and I've never been there before. I can't miss out on this. It's something every kid has to say they've been to. We might as well go now, and it's been a long time since we've had pizza. Plus, I have some birthday money I can use for my game tokens.
Persuasive
a real picture, not drawn
photograph
To make a peanut butter jelly sandwich, you first have to make sure you have all the ingredients. Then, you will want to wash your hands. Next, you'll carefully spread the peanut butter on one slice of bread and the jelly on another slice of bread. Then, you will put the two pieces together. Afterwards, you'll want to clean everything up. Now you can enjoy a yummy sandwich! Which two sentences could you switch the order of and still have everything work out okay?
Afterwards, you'll want to clean everything up. Now you can enjoy a yummy sandwich!
What would be a good setting for this?
As Hope sat at her computer working on school, she looked out at the clear blue sky and bright sunshine. If she looked to the left, she could see down the hill into the mass of reds, yellows, oranges, greens, and browns. If she looked to the right, she could see the tall city buildings in the distance. She longed to go outside, but knew she needed to finish her work first.
At her home, on top of a hill; edge of the city/country; autumn
Mrs. Kemp read us a book about cookies. They were all shapes and flavors, and it even had some recipes in it. Then she read us a book about candy. It told us how candy was made. Afterwards, we got to choose our own book to read out of the basket. I picked a book about chocolate. It told me where chocolate comes from and who invented hot chocolate. What is the theme of these books?
sweets
The setting sun displayed a beautiful canvas outside my window. The oranges, yellows, and purples reminded me of a unicorn. It seemed like there was a small dot sparkling. I looked harder. It was definitely sparkling. As the sun went down lower, the sparkling dot got bigger and bigger. It was getting closer to me. I rubbed my eyes hard. Surely not. This can't be. It looked like a...
Entertaining