Table of Contents

Young learners read a book about things you can see on the road. They do a picture walk to predict what they story will be about. Students review the table of contents and make real life connections to the text. The lesson is closed by...

It's important for your readers to understand features of informational text such as index and table of contents, so give them this visual activity to get started. They read a brief explanation of informational text, then look at an...

Plan a Parts of a Book scavenger hunt. Begin by giving your young adventurers a book, and asking them to find the title, author, illustrator, and table of contents. After a discussion of the purpose of each of these items, class members...

A worksheet entitled, The Parts of a Book, offers definitions for the title page, the table of contents and the index of a book. Examples of these parts are also included. Class members are then asked to respond to seven questions based...

While simple, this resource would be a great way to introduce your class to the use of the Table of Contents. It provides a step-by-step explanation describing how to find information. A teacher could supplement this presentation with...

Students critique a table of contents to find information in a book. Students locate their text books and then locate the table of contents in each one. Students research purposes for the table of contents in books.

Investigate a "table of contents" with your learners! They read the table of contents in Deserts by Darlene R. Stille and predict where the answers to specific questions might be found. Learners complete a worksheet in which they find...

Learners explore nonfiction text. They identify the cover, title page, and table of contents of a nonfiction book. Pupils work in groups to create a chapter for a nonfiction class book about heroes.

Begin the year with a review of the parts of a book. Exercises in the unit plan ask emergent readers to identify the information on the cover of a book and on the title page, to explain the purpose of a table of contents, and to describe...

Scholars compare and contrast nonfiction and fiction text features. They define and identify nonfiction text features such as glossary, table of contents, charts, bold words, and headings. Then they read nonfiction independently to...