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Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Accounts of the civil rights boycott that changed history.

This book is a great resource to show students different types of text features. This book includes eye-witness reports, photographs from the era, maps, source notes,  special text, glossary, index, and so much more!

This book is a valuable resource for the classroom.

Freedom, R. (2009). Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Holiday House.

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The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs

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The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs

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Text features can be found in books that are information, such as a cook book! Kids who enjoy baking will love discovering the text features such as titles, table of contents,  photographs, labels,  index, and subtitles.

This is a great text to introduce your students to show them that text features help us find information we need and organize information.

America's Test Kitchen Kids. (2019). The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs, Sourcebooks.

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On each wonderful map, students can discover a world full of text features, such as:

Titles

Headings

Key facts

Maps

Index

Glossary

Labels

Not only will students enjoy learning fun facts about each state, but they get a hands on experience with text features and see how and why they are a helpful resource!

Gabrielle, B. (2015). The 50 States, Wide eyed Edition.

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Students get to explore the life of Abraham Lincoln. Students use the Table of Contents to explore his life. The special text allows students to turn to the glossary to have a deeper understanding of unfamiliar words.

Gilpin, C. (2012). Abraham Lincoln, National Geographic Society.

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Great book for Students who love learning about Planets. Text features include photography of planets, labels, special texts, table of contents, and charts.

Carney, E. (2012). Planets, National Geographic Society.

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Weird but True has facts about animals. Text features found in this text are captions, labels, photographs, and special texts.

National Geographic Kids. (2018). Weird But True Animals, National Geographic Society.

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This book is full of illustrations and photography. This text displays features such as charts, captions, and labels.

Kramer, S.A. (2015). Basketball's Greatest Players, Random House Children's Books.

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Helpers in My Community book introduces children to the important people who make our communities cleaner, safer, and better. Text features such as action shots feature people working in construction, at schools, in hospitals, fighting fires, doing police work, and volunteering.

Kalman, B. (2010). Helpers in my Community,  Crabtree Publishing Company.

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Students can explore text features such has headings, pictures, diagrams, and so much more.

National Geographic. (2019). National Geographic Kids, NOOK Magazine.

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This book introduces children to the exciting world of rocks and minerals. Students learn things such as what the world Geologist means by noticing it is in special text form (bold) and flip to the back of the book where the glossary explains the definition.  Many text features reside in this wonderful book.

National Geographic Kids. (2012). Rocks and Minerals, National Geographic Society.

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Another great resource. Children can access news articles on their devices. This is a great way to introduce a new expository text. They see that even though they are looking at an article online, there are still text features to discover. Articles have special text, like some books they read, they can click on the bold words and it will take them to the glossary. Some articles might have maps, graphs, or tables. Illustrations and photographs can also be found.

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DOGO News - Kids news articles! Kids current events; plus kids news on science, sports, and more!

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DOGO News has fun articles for kids on current events, science, sports, and more! There are also lots of stories, pictures, videos, games and the DOGO news map for kids! Add your comments, read reviews of cool websites, and more!

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Text Feature Charts can be used to help students remember the types of text features and their features. This can be especially useful for students who are visual learners.

Pope, J., Dowd, T., Mobley, S., Angelica, Abigail, Mays, C., … Janiylah. (2019, June 1). Free Text Features Chart. Retrieved from https://teachingmadepractical.com/text-feature-chart/

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Time for Kids is a subscription Newspaper. If you do not have the funding for this or access, you can always apply for a grant, or the website for Time for Kids has access to help you get funding.

This is a great resource for your students to show them a different type of expository text and the text features, such as heading they can find.

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Now students can follow the latest news. All tailored to their reading level. To explore the kids' website, select a grade and discover new stories each week.

View articles by grade level

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Now students can follow the latest news. All tailored to their reading level. To explore the kids' website, select a grade and discover new stories each week. View articles by grade level

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Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

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Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

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Readers will discover beautiful illustrations, table of content, special bring, such as bold words, and a glossary. Little Leaders educates and inspires through true stories of forty trailblazing black women in American history.

Harrison, V. (2017). Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

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National Geographic Kids Ocean Animals Sticker Activity Book

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National Geographic Kids Ocean Animals Sticker Activity Book

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This book features some of kids favorite ocean animals, like dolphins, coral, fish, sea turtles, seals and more. Text features to discover are illustrations, photos, facts, glossary, and other fun features.

National Geographic Kids. (2016). Ocean Animals sticker activity book, National Geographic Society.

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Students can have the opportunity to discover 25 women who ruled, each in their own way. In politics, government, the business world, and more, these women show us that ambition, perseverance, and hard work go a long way.

There are many important text features in this book for students to explore. For example, the  introduction to photographs vs. illustrations.

Stanborough, R. (2018). 25 Women Who Ruled, Capestone Press.

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This Brain Pop Jr. serves as an introduction into the concepts of what a nonfiction book is and what types of text features we can find inside prior to discussing the basic features of print.

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BrainPOP Jr. - Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology

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100 Baseball Legends Who Shaped Sports History

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100 Baseball Legends Who Shaped Sports History

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100 Baseball Legends Who Shaped Sports History is a simple compilation of one hundred major figures from the sport of baseball. Each one-page biography features a photograph of the baseball personality, along with a brief summary of his life and professional career. Enhanced with locator maps, a trivia quiz, a timeline and an index, 100 Baseball Legends Who Shaped Sports History is an engaging and "reader friendly" resource for baseball fans to page through for quick reference and simple fun.

This is a great book to show students the types of text features, as well as allowing them the opportunity to explore for themselves!

Roberts, R. (2003). 100 Baseball legends who shaped sports history. San Mateo, CA: Bluewood Books.

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Magazines are full of text features. Students learn that expository text come in many forms, including magazines!

National Geographic Kids is a wonderful resource and full of text features for kids to explore.

National Geographic. (2019). National Geographic Little Kids, NOOK Magazine.

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This game will be used to give students opportunity to reinforce their understanding of basic text features. This is a great game for students who are hands on learners.

Brantley, A. (2017, August 27). Teaching Nonfiction Text Features (Free Download Included! Retrieved from http://www.crazyforfirstgrade.com/2017/08/teaching-nonfiction-text-features-free.html.