📖 Text Features in Nonfiction — Charts, Diagrams, Maps, and Timelines
Explore the Deep Twilight with Wanda!
Read the Passage First!
🔤 Words to Know
Text — A key concept in charts, diagrams, maps, and timelines.
Charts, — Part of text features in nonfiction.
Wanda and Scuba Bob sat in their deep-sea observation pod, studying charts, diagrams, maps, and timelines at the deep trench rim.
"Today we are working on text features in nonfiction," said Scuba Bob. "This is a critical reading and writing skill for fourth graders."
They analyzed ocean-themed texts together, identifying key elements and patterns. Wanda applied the new skill to multiple examples.
"Remember, charts, diagrams, maps, and timelines requires close reading and careful thinking," said Scuba Bob.
"I can see how this connects to everything else we have learned!" said Wanda.
"That is the sign of a deep thinker," said Scuba Bob. "Keep exploring!"
🧠 Answer the Questions
Read carefully!
What reading skill is this about?
Who taught Wanda?
What is text?
What is a theme?
Which is a simile?
Which is personification?
First person narrator uses what pronoun?
What is the author's purpose if they want to teach?
What is a metaphor?
What text structure shows WHY something happened?
72 x 9 = ?
5/6 - 2/6 = ?
Where does Grade 4 take place?