Text Features Chart
Text features help you find information and understand what you read.
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How to do it
- Look at each feature and its small example.
- Read what each feature helps you do.
- Find these features in a real book.
Teaching tip
Keep a nonfiction book nearby and match each feature on the chart to one in the book. This sheet is aligned with Common Core RI.3.5.
About this chart
Title, heading, bold word, photo, caption, diagram, table of contents, glossary and index, each with an example.
What kids practice
Text features are the parts of a nonfiction book or article that help readers find and understand information, like headings, captions, diagrams and the glossary. Third graders learn what each feature is for and use them to find answers quickly without reading every page.
Watch for
- Skipping captions, labels and diagrams.
- Mixing up the glossary (what words mean) and the index (where topics are).
- Mixing up the table of contents (chapters in order) and the index (topics A to Z).
It's free to print, as many copies as you need. See the full text features guide for 3rd grade.
More sheets in this set
2. Name the FeatureA sample article about bees, volcanoes, sea turtles or frogs with six numbered features to label.
3. Use the Table of ContentsA book's contents page with questions about which page and which chapter to turn to.
4. Glossary and IndexA short glossary and index from a nonfiction book, with questions that use each one.
5. Feature MatchMatch text features like caption, glossary and index to what each one does.