Blog Post #3

November 14-18

Text Features

Learning Objective:  I can examine a variety of text features to clarify my understanding.

    In grade three, we have been exploring these features through "text feature walks" with non fiction and picture books about Peru.

    A text feature includes all the components of a story or article that are not the main body of text. These include the table of contents, index, glossary, headings, bold words, sidebars, maps, pictures and captions and labelled diagrams.

    "In a text feature walk, students work in a small group, reading each feature in the order that appears and discussing what they think they will be learning. As each feature is read, students must think about and discuss how the information relates to the main idea of the text."

Kelley, M.J. and Clausen- Grace,  N. (2010), Guiding Students Through Expository Text with Text Feature Walks  The Reading Teacher, vol. 64: pages 191-195.