text features
It describes a picture in the text and is usually below the picture
What is a caption?
The fuzzy soft ball at the top of Braidy represents this. Sometimes it has eyes
What is the main character of the story?
a tv and a computer
What are electronics?
a tv and a computer
What is: a computer has a keyboard and a tv does not; one is for work and one is for entertainment; one is for watching and the other can be for playing.
Oranges, strawberries, plums
What is fruit?
A drawing that shows a part of something or how it works
What is a diagram?
This is represented by a star
What is the setting?
a shoe and a skate
What are things you wear on your feet?
a shoe and a skate
what is: one has wheels or blades; one can have a heel; one can be used for walking
Shoelaces, knots, ribbons
What are things that can be tied?
This tells us what is in the book and what page it is on
What is the table of contents?
This is represented by a heart
What are the character's feelings or emotions?
a lamp and the sun
What gives us light?
a lamp and the sun
What is: one is in your home; one is part of nature; one needs a switch; one needs a bulb; one heats our planet
Saw, scissors, knife
What are things that cut?
This tells us what we are going to read about below
What is a heading?
This is represented by a shoe
What is the kickoff or initiating event of the story?
Legos and lincoln logs
What are building toys?
Legos and lincoln logs
what is: one is made of plastic and other is wood; one can be different sizes and colors, one is only brown; one is shaped like a log
Hula hoops, frisbees, plates
What are circular things?
This points out important words for a reader to know
What are highlighted or bold-faced words?
These are represented by beads
What are the sequence or important events in the story?
Bottles and cans
Bottles and cans
one is made of plastic or glass; one is made of steel or aluminum; one only holds liquid; one can hold liquid or solid items
Whale, Bulldozer, Mountain
What are huge or heavy things?