Nonfiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt #1 [STAAR]

Nonfiction Text Feature Scavenger Hunt [STAAR] is perfect for two days of practice after mini-lesson or for STAAR review in grades 3-4 or for intervention in grades 5-6. There are two scavenger hunts with 8 informational texts. Help them use nonfiction (informational text) text features more effectively. Each of these text feature cards includes a nonfiction text with a variety of text features.

Nonfiction Text Features addressed:

-Paragraph

-Heading

-Diagram

-Photograph

-Caption

-Bold Print

-Key Words

-Drawing

-Boxed Information

Included in the Nonfiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt #1 [STAAR]:

-16 Scavenger Hunt Cards (8.5" x 11")

-8 unique nonfiction texts with graphics

-16 unique text feature questions

-->The first 8 questions focus on using text features to locate information.

-->The last 8 questions (with repeated reading) are more challenging and focus on comprehension using text features.

-Directions on how to use as two separate scavenger hunts

-Two student answer pages

-Teacher answer keys

-Free reading level correlation chart

-Invite to free monthly resources

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Nonfiction Texts (Informational):

-High-Interest Topics: Basketball, Gymnastics, Soccer, Baseball, Camping, Archery, Hiking, and Gardening.

-Range: 700L-800L

-Reading Level: 4.7-5.7

Alignment:

-Perfect for grades 3-4

-Intervention in grades 5-6

-Question stems are from 2016-17 STAAR

-The cards are also correlated with RI 3.5, 3.7, and 4.7 Common Core Standards

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More great nonfiction resources:

READING SCAVENGER HUNTS

• Scavenger Hunt 1 - Fiction
• Scavenger Hunt 2 - Character Analysis
• Scavenger Hunt 3 - Inferences, Sensory Language, Plot
• Nonfiction Scavenger Hunt 1 - (You're Here!)
• Nonfiction Scavenger Hunt 2 - Main Ideas

INFORMATIONAL [EXPOSITORY]

⚫Informational Text Features Task Cards 1

⚫Summarizing Informational Text #4 - Nature & Wildlife

⚫Summarizing Informational Text #5 - Financial Literacy

⚫Close Reading - Christmas Around the World

⚫Close Reading - George Washington Carver

BIOGRAPHIES

⚫Sequencing Task Cards #1 - Ellen Ochoa

⚫Sequencing Task Cards #2 - Helen Keller

⚫Sequencing Task Cards #3 - Mary Kay Ash

⚫Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #7 - Rosa Parks

⚫Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #8 - Martin Luther King Jr.

⚫Drawing Conclusions Task Cards #9 - Jackie Robinson

STAAR WARM-UPS

More great Reading Comprehension Resources:

⚫STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 3rd Grade #1

⚫STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 3rd Grade #2

⚫STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 4th Grade #1

⚫STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 4th Grade #2

⚫STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 5th-6th Grade #1

⚫STAAR Reading Daily Warm Ups 5th-6th Grade #2

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