Virginia SOL K.RI.2.A
The Standard
With prompting and support, identify the purpose of common text features: table of contents, headings, bolded words, and pictures
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Craft and Style
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find common features in nonfiction books. With teacher help, they tell how each feature helps readers find or understand information.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can point to a table of contents, heading, bold word, or picture when asked. With a prompt, the student explains that it helps locate, name, notice, or understand information.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call every large word a title or think bold print means shouting. They may describe what a picture shows without explaining how it helps the reader.
How to Assess It
- Give each student one nonfiction page and ask, “Point to one text feature and tell how it helps you read this page.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs sticky notes to label a heading, bold word, picture, and table of contents in nonfiction books.
Show one nonfiction page and ask, “Which feature helps you most on this page, and what does it help you learn?”
Play Feature Hunt by naming a purpose, then having students find and point to the matching feature in a book.
Compare a classroom schedule to a table of contents, discussing how both help people find needed information quickly.
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