Predicting with Nonfiction Text

A photo, caption, and headings are all examples of....

• characters

• text features

• titles

• books

Look at the image. What can you predict this book will be about.

• Planets

• Stars

• Animals

• Earth

Who might you read about in this book using the table of contents?

• George Washington

• Mrs. Brown

• The President

• Martin Luther King

What is the sentence under a picture called?

• Caption

• Heading

• Illustration

• Index

Should you look at the pictures before reading a page?

• No

• Yes

• Maybe

Read the caption. What could the photo be that goes with this caption?

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If I was going to read about plants that grow in the desert, which might be a heading in the book?

• Plants That Grow Underwater

• How Plant Survive in the Desert

• How to Take Care of Your Plant

• How Plants Survive in the Winter

Which text feature would you use to predict where the Lakota Indian lived?

• Title

• Photo

• Map

• Caption

Look at the photo, which statement would be a good prediction.

• Raccoons like to eat trash.

• Raccoons will eat hamburgers only.

• Raccoons are very clean animals.

• Raccoons will take out the trash for you.

If you are going to make a prediction, what should you NOT do?

• Look at the table of contents

• Preview the pictures

• Read the entire book

• Look at the cover and read the title.