Reading Nonfiction Text

Reading Nonfiction Text

Title

Titles tell the reader what the article is about.

This article is about river otters and sea otters.

The title makes me think that this article will compare river otters and sea otters.

Charts

Charts give the reader more information always read the charts.

This chart compares sea otters and river otters.

This chart tells me about

- the size of otters in pounds

- diet of otters

- habitats of otters

- number of young per liter that otters can have

Photographs

- taken with a camera

- captions tell the reader information about the photograph

- this photograph and caption show me that river otters eat fish

- the other photograph and caption show me that sea otters can float and that they can live in California

Bold Words

- Bold words are important words

- In this article kelp and waterproof are bold in the article

- pay extra close attention to the sentences with bold words

- kelp help sea otters float

- waterproof describes otter's fur

Multiple Choice

Which type of otter likes to float near the shore of California? *use the photograph and caption to answer the question*

• Sea otters

• River otters

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the chart?

• tell about the picture

• compare sea otters and river otters

• tell about fish

• to describe otters

Multiple Choice

What color is kelp?

• yellow

• blue

• green

Multiple Choice

Which type of otter likes to chase fish? *use the photograph and capition to find the answer*

• sea otter

• river otter