An open nonfiction book titled "Our Solar System" is the whole task on this 2-page 3rd grade labeling sheet. Students write the name of each text feature on the line that points to it, using a word bank of Photograph, Heading, Sidebar, Caption, Title, and Bold Word. The bold word is "unique," the caption reads "Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun," and the sidebar is about Jupiter's moons. It ties to RI.3.5. The answers page lists all six labels.
RI.3.5
“Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.”
Students name the title, heading, bold word, photograph, caption, and sidebar, the features they use to locate information in a nonfiction book.
Students match six features to six leader lines on the book drawing: the title on the left page, the bold word in the paragraph, and a heading, picture of Saturn, caption, and moon sidebar on the right page. Each word bank term is used once.
A is the Title, B a Bold Word, C a Heading, D the Photograph, E the Caption, and F the Sidebar.
Book hunt
After labeling, give pairs a nonfiction book from the classroom library. They find one example of each of the six features and mark it with a sticky note.
Caption or sidebar
Caption and sidebar are the two students swap most. Explain that a caption belongs to a picture and a sidebar sits in its own box beside the main text.
Heading line
Line C points at a wavy line where the heading should be, with no words printed. Tell students it stands for a heading before they start, or they stall on it.
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