Informational Text Features

What is the purpose of a heading?

• tells the name of something

• identifies the topic of a text or tells what it's about

• shows what something looks like

• explains what a photograph or ilustration is about

Answer explanation

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the purpose of a caption?

• identifies the topic of the text or tells us what it’s about

• shows the location in an image form of a place

• explains what a photograph or illustration is about

Answer explanation

This caption is telling more about the photograph and the giraffe in the photo.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the purpose of a map?

• shows the location of a place

• shows what something looks like

• help the reader understand and locate important information

Answer explanation

In this book, it is showing where lions are usually found in the world.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the purpose of text features?

• help the reader understand and locate important information about the topic

• I don't know

• help the reader find information quickly

• provides facts

Answer explanation

Text features help us find information quickly, and they help the reader locate important information about a topic.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What can we find in informational texts?

• text features

• facts about a topic

• a persons opinion

• math problems

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Circle the heading of this text.

Answer explanation

Headings are usually in bold text or bigger than the other words on the page. The heading in this photo is Super Hunters.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Circle the caption in this text.

Answer explanation

The caption usually tells us more about a photograph or illustration. The caption in this text is telling us how lions are meat-eaters and how their bodies are built for hunting.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Is this a photograph or an illustration?

• Photograph

• Illustration

Answer explanation

This is a photograph! This image was taken with a camera, not drawn by an artist.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

I am looking for the type of food that sharks eat in my informational text. Where can I look to find this information quickly?

• Graph

• Index

• Caption

• Map

Circle the map.