Virginia SOL 1.RI.2.A
The Standard
Identify and use common text features to gain information: table of contents, headings, bolded words, and pictures, captions, and diagrams.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Craft and Style
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students notice how nonfiction books and pages are organized. They use the table of contents, print clues, labels, and visuals to find facts and understand a topic.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can point to and name each feature on a nonfiction page or in a book. They can explain how a feature helps them find a section, understand a word, or learn a fact.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may confuse a heading with a book title. They may think pictures and diagrams are decorations, or that captions repeat the main text. They may notice bold print without using nearby words to determine its meaning.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short nonfiction page and its table of contents. Ask, “Where would you look to find the section about nests, and which two features teach you a fact?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a nonfiction book and sticky notes to label headings, bold words, pictures, captions, diagrams, and the table of contents.
Display one page and ask, “What does the caption tell us that the picture alone does not?”
Play a matching game where students pair text feature cards with examples, then explain what information each example gives.
Examine a zoo guide and use its headings, captions, pictures, and map diagram to choose an animal exhibit to visit.
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