Information Text Activity Guide

Spotlight on Informational Text Features Reproducible
Informational Text Features Activity Mat Rubric Reproducible
Show What We Know™ Bulletin Board Kit - Informational Text Features
Informational Text Features
Show What You Know!
This Really Good Stuff® product includes:
• Informational Text Features Banner, laminated
• 32 Activity Mats
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
copy of it from our Web site at www.reallygoodstuff.com.
Hang the Banner where students will be able to see it
easily and you will have room to display the completed
Activity Mats.
Congratulations on your purchase of this Really Good
Stuff® Show What We Know™ Bulletin Board Kit Informational Text Features—a ready-to-use interactive
Kit aligned with the following Common Core Reading
Standards for Informational Text:
Craft and Structure
RI.1.5. Know and use various text features (for example, headings,
tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to
locate key facts or information in a text.
RI.1.6. Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other
illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
RI.2.5. Know and use various text features (for example, captions,
bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus,
icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
RI.3.5. Use text features and search tools (for example, key words,
sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given
topic efficiently.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RI.K.7. With prompting and support, describe the relationship between
illustrations and the text in which they appear (for example,
what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration
depicts).
RI.1.7. Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its
key ideas.
RI.2.7. Explain how specific images (for example, a diagram showing
how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
RI.3.7. Use information gained from illustrations (for example, maps
and photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate
understanding of the text (for example, where, when, why, and
how key events occur).
RI.4.7. Interpret information presented visually, orally, or
quantitatively (for example, in charts, graphs, diagrams,
timelines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages)
and explain how the information contributes to an
understanding of the text in which it appears.
RI.4.9. Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in
order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
RI.5.7. Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources,
demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question
quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
RI.5.9. Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in
order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
Displaying the Show What We Know™ Bulletin Board Kit
- Informational Text Features
Before displaying the Informational Text Features Banner,
make copies of this Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
and file the pages for future use. Or, download another
Introducing the Show What We Know™ Bulletin Board
Kit - Informational Text Features
Copy the two Informational Text Features Guide
Reproducibles. Enlarge the Features Guide Reproducibles
to create a large poster or several large feature cards.
Gather a variety of informational texts and bookmark
pages with examples of each text feature. Be sure to
include some screen shots of strong examples of digital
text as well. Review each feature following the
Informational Text Features Guide Reproducibles:
• Show examples and discuss how the feature
contributes to and clarifies the text.
• Create and label a Feature Chart that you return to
as each new feature is discussed: Record the text
feature name, definition, how it helps the reader, and
post an example. Post the chart beneath the Banner
until students complete their Activity Mat.
Encourage students to look for and identify
informational text features in their daily reading and
computer use.
Spotlight on Informational Text Features Reproducible
Copy the Spotlight on Informational Text Features
Reproducible and as you introduce each informational
text feature, ask students to bring in examples of
specific text features to share with the class: Assign
one feature per student and collect them to create a
classroom dictionary on informational text features. Or,
ask each student to fill out a reproducible for each
feature to create personal dictionaries. Display students’
work near the Banner.
Variation: Use the reproducible as a pre-assessment and
post-assessment for determining students’ experiences
with each of the informational text features.
Showing What They Know
Copy the Informational Text Features Activity Mat Rubric
Reproducible. Instruct students to select a research
topic, and indicate that they will be creating their own
Web site about that topic. Explain that they should plan
on accessing at least three sources, both digital and
print, for their information and to use what they have
learned about informational text features to help them
comprehend the research.
All activity guides can be found online:
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
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Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B
Informational Text Features Guide 1 Reproducible
Informational Text Features Guide 2 Reproducible
Show What We Know™ Bulletin Board Kit - Informational Text Features
Direct students’ attention to the Informational Text
Features Activity Mat. As a class, fill in one Activity
Mat, such as one of the following examples.
use at least three sources for information when
researching their topic. Review each of the criteria on the
rubric. To make your expectations even more explicit,
As you work through the Activity Mat together, discuss
the options a student has and how the boxes and areas
for text can be used for various features.
create a student sample Activity Mat, make a copy of
the rubric on an overhead transparency, and score your
sample as a class.
To help to clarify your expectations for their Web site,
distribute and review the Informational Text Features
Activity Mat Rubric Reproducible. Tell students that they
are to fill in the name of their topic and remind them to
Once all students have turned in an Activity Mat, have
them share their Web sites, and display them near the
Informational Text Features Banner.
© 2011 Photographers: Aprescindere, Dr911, Anita Potter, Onur Ersin, Okea, Feng Yu, Gummy231, Bertrand Raguet, Stoyan Haytov, Katherine Welles, Michele
Perbellini | Agency: Dreamstime.com
Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain.
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B
Spotlight on Informational Text Features Reproducible
Informational Text Features Activity Mat Rubric Reproducible
Show What We Know™ Bulletin Board Kit - Informational Text Features
Informational Text Features
Show What You Know!
This Really Good Stuff® product includes:
• Informational Text Features Banner, laminated
• 32 Activity Mats
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
copy of it from our Web site at www.reallygoodstuff.com.
Hang the Banner where students will be able to see it
easily and you will have room to display the completed
Activity Mats.
Congratulations on your purchase of this Really Good
Stuff® Show What We Know™ Bulletin Board Kit Informational Text Features—a ready-to-use interactive
Kit aligned with the following Common Core Reading
Standards for Informational Text:
Craft and Structure
RI.1.5. Know and use various text features (for example, headings,
tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to
locate key facts or information in a text.
RI.1.6. Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other
illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
RI.2.5. Know and use various text features (for example, captions,
bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus,
icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
RI.3.5. Use text features and search tools (for example, key words,
sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given
topic efficiently.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RI.K.7. With prompting and support, describe the relationship between
illustrations and the text in which they appear (for example,
what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration
depicts).
RI.1.7. Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its
key ideas.
RI.2.7. Explain how specific images (for example, a diagram showing
how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
RI.3.7. Use information gained from illustrations (for example, maps
and photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate
understanding of the text (for example, where, when, why, and
how key events occur).
RI.4.7. Interpret information presented visually, orally, or
quantitatively (for example, in charts, graphs, diagrams,
timelines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages)
and explain how the information contributes to an
understanding of the text in which it appears.
RI.4.9. Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in
order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
RI.5.7. Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources,
demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question
quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
RI.5.9. Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in
order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
Displaying the Show What We Know™ Bulletin Board Kit
- Informational Text Features
Before displaying the Informational Text Features Banner,
make copies of this Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
and file the pages for future use. Or, download another
Introducing the Show What We Know™ Bulletin Board
Kit - Informational Text Features
Copy the two Informational Text Features Guide
Reproducibles. Enlarge the Features Guide Reproducibles
to create a large poster or several large feature cards.
Gather a variety of informational texts and bookmark
pages with examples of each text feature. Be sure to
include some screen shots of strong examples of digital
text as well. Review each feature following the
Informational Text Features Guide Reproducibles:
• Show examples and discuss how the feature
contributes to and clarifies the text.
• Create and label a Feature Chart that you return to
as each new feature is discussed: Record the text
feature name, definition, how it helps the reader, and
post an example. Post the chart beneath the Banner
until students complete their Activity Mat.
Encourage students to look for and identify
informational text features in their daily reading and
computer use.
Spotlight on Informational Text Features Reproducible
Copy the Spotlight on Informational Text Features
Reproducible and as you introduce each informational
text feature, ask students to bring in examples of
specific text features to share with the class: Assign
one feature per student and collect them to create a
classroom dictionary on informational text features. Or,
ask each student to fill out a reproducible for each
feature to create personal dictionaries. Display students’
work near the Banner.
Variation: Use the reproducible as a pre-assessment and
post-assessment for determining students’ experiences
with each of the informational text features.
Showing What They Know
Copy the Informational Text Features Activity Mat Rubric
Reproducible. Instruct students to select a research
topic, and indicate that they will be creating their own
Web site about that topic. Explain that they should plan
on accessing at least three sources, both digital and
print, for their information and to use what they have
learned about informational text features to help them
comprehend the research.
All activity guides can be found online:
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B-XXXX
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B
Spotlight on Informational Text Features Reproducible
Informational Text Features Activity Mat Rubric Reproducible
Show What We Know™ Bulletin Board Kit - Informational Text Features
Informational Text Features
Show What You Know!
This Really Good Stuff® product includes:
• Informational Text Features Banner, laminated
• 32 Activity Mats
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
copy of it from our Web site at www.reallygoodstuff.com.
Hang the Banner where students will be able to see it
easily and you will have room to display the completed
Activity Mats.
Congratulations on your purchase of this Really Good
Stuff® Show What We Know™ Bulletin Board Kit Informational Text Features—a ready-to-use interactive
Kit aligned with the following Common Core Reading
Standards for Informational Text:
Craft and Structure
RI.1.5. Know and use various text features (for example, headings,
tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to
locate key facts or information in a text.
RI.1.6. Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other
illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
RI.2.5. Know and use various text features (for example, captions,
bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus,
icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
RI.3.5. Use text features and search tools (for example, key words,
sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given
topic efficiently.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RI.K.7. With prompting and support, describe the relationship between
illustrations and the text in which they appear (for example,
what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration
depicts).
RI.1.7. Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its
key ideas.
RI.2.7. Explain how specific images (for example, a diagram showing
how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
RI.3.7. Use information gained from illustrations (for example, maps
and photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate
understanding of the text (for example, where, when, why, and
how key events occur).
RI.4.7. Interpret information presented visually, orally, or
quantitatively (for example, in charts, graphs, diagrams,
timelines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages)
and explain how the information contributes to an
understanding of the text in which it appears.
RI.4.9. Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in
order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
RI.5.7. Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources,
demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question
quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
RI.5.9. Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in
order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
Displaying the Show What We Know™ Bulletin Board Kit
- Informational Text Features
Before displaying the Informational Text Features Banner,
make copies of this Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
and file the pages for future use. Or, download another
Introducing the Show What We Know™ Bulletin Board
Kit - Informational Text Features
Copy the two Informational Text Features Guide
Reproducibles. Enlarge the Features Guide Reproducibles
to create a large poster or several large feature cards.
Gather a variety of informational texts and bookmark
pages with examples of each text feature. Be sure to
include some screen shots of strong examples of digital
text as well. Review each feature following the
Informational Text Features Guide Reproducibles:
• Show examples and discuss how the feature
contributes to and clarifies the text.
• Create and label a Feature Chart that you return to
as each new feature is discussed: Record the text
feature name, definition, how it helps the reader, and
post an example. Post the chart beneath the Banner
until students complete their Activity Mat.
Encourage students to look for and identify
informational text features in their daily reading and
computer use.
Spotlight on Informational Text Features Reproducible
Copy the Spotlight on Informational Text Features
Reproducible and as you introduce each informational
text feature, ask students to bring in examples of
specific text features to share with the class: Assign
one feature per student and collect them to create a
classroom dictionary on informational text features. Or,
ask each student to fill out a reproducible for each
feature to create personal dictionaries. Display students’
work near the Banner.
Variation: Use the reproducible as a pre-assessment and
post-assessment for determining students’ experiences
with each of the informational text features.
Showing What They Know
Copy the Informational Text Features Activity Mat Rubric
Reproducible. Instruct students to select a research
topic, and indicate that they will be creating their own
Web site about that topic. Explain that they should plan
on accessing at least three sources, both digital and
print, for their information and to use what they have
learned about informational text features to help them
comprehend the research.
All activity guides can be found online:
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B-XXXX
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B
Informational Text Features Guide 1 Reproducible
Informational Text Features Guide 2 Reproducible
Show What We Know™ Bulletin Board Kit - Informational Text Features
Direct students’ attention to the Informational Text
Features Activity Mat. As a class, fill in one Activity
Mat, such as one of the following examples.
use at least three sources for information when
researching their topic. Review each of the criteria on the
rubric. To make your expectations even more explicit,
As you work through the Activity Mat together, discuss
the options a student has and how the boxes and areas
for text can be used for various features.
create a student sample Activity Mat, make a copy of
the rubric on an overhead transparency, and score your
sample as a class.
To help to clarify your expectations for their Web site,
distribute and review the Informational Text Features
Activity Mat Rubric Reproducible. Tell students that they
are to fill in the name of their topic and remind them to
Once all students have turned in an Activity Mat, have
them share their Web sites, and display them near the
Informational Text Features Banner.
© 2011 Photographers: Aprescindere, Dr911, Anita Potter, Onur Ersin, Okea, Feng Yu, Gummy231, Bertrand Raguet, Stoyan Haytov, Katherine Welles, Michele
Perbellini | Agency: Dreamstime.com
Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain.
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B
Informational Text Features Guide 1 Reproducible
Informational Text Features Guide 2 Reproducible
Show What We Know™ Bulletin Board Kit - Informational Text Features
Direct students’ attention to the Informational Text
Features Activity Mat. As a class, fill in one Activity
Mat, such as one of the following examples.
use at least three sources for information when
researching their topic. Review each of the criteria on the
rubric. To make your expectations even more explicit,
As you work through the Activity Mat together, discuss
the options a student has and how the boxes and areas
for text can be used for various features.
create a student sample Activity Mat, make a copy of
the rubric on an overhead transparency, and score your
sample as a class.
To help to clarify your expectations for their Web site,
distribute and review the Informational Text Features
Activity Mat Rubric Reproducible. Tell students that they
are to fill in the name of their topic and remind them to
Once all students have turned in an Activity Mat, have
them share their Web sites, and display them near the
Informational Text Features Banner.
© 2011 Photographers: Aprescindere, Dr911, Anita Potter, Onur Ersin, Okea, Feng Yu, Gummy231, Bertrand Raguet, Stoyan Haytov, Katherine Welles, Michele
Perbellini | Agency: Dreamstime.com
Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain.
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B
Helping Teachers Make A Difference®
© 2011 Really Good Stuff® 1-800-366-1920 www.reallygoodstuff.com Made in USA #160098B