Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Genre Studies: Informational Text Kindergarten Unit: Labeled Diagrams

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Bats by Gail Gibbons to teach students how to identify facts learned from labeled diagrams within an informational text. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent practice...
Unit Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Introduction of Text Features

For Students K - 1st Standards
Dr. Murphy shares a comprehensive lesson plan to support students identifying various text features in informational texts. Students will mentally and physically engage in active learning to know how to navigate through different types...
Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Book Look [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students look through a book to identify text features and complete a graphic organizer. Materials are included.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Parts of a Book

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces K-2 students to parts of a book including author, illustrator, publisher, cover, title page, index, etc.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Table of Contents

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores the basic parts of a table of contents including chapter number, chapter title and page number. It explores the basic parts of a table of contents.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Parts of a Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is a matching game in which parts of a book are matched with their definitions. Java is required.