📚 Unit 6: Reading Information Texts 📚 – 1AC


📚 Unit 6: Reading Information Texts 📚

Welcome to our reading adventure! Today we’ll learn how to read and understand information texts!

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What Are Information Texts? 🤔

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Information Texts

Information texts give us facts and details about real things. They teach us about the world around us!

Science
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Animal facts
Weather
Plants
History
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Famous people
Events
Places
How-To
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Instructions
Recipes
Directions
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Features of Information Texts

Headings – Tell us what each section is about
Pictures – Show us what the words describe
Facts – True information we can learn
Labels – Help us understand pictures

Look for these features when you read information texts!

Let’s Read an Information Text! 📖

🐼 Giant Pandas 🐼
Where They Live: Giant pandas live in the mountains of China.
What They Eat: Pandas eat bamboo. They can eat up to 40 pounds of bamboo each day!
Special Features: Pandas have black and white fur. Their fur helps them hide in the snow and forests.
Baby Pandas: Baby pandas are called cubs. They are very small when they are born.
Interesting Fact: Pandas have a special thumb that helps them hold bamboo!
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Reading Strategies

Look at headings first to know what you’ll learn
Read carefully to find important facts
Use pictures to help understand the words
Ask questions as you read

Good readers use these strategies to understand information texts!

Let’s Practice! 🎯

Activity 1: Understanding the Panda Text

1. Where do giant pandas live?

In the mountains of China
In the jungles of Africa
In the deserts of Australia

2. What is the main food that pandas eat?

Fish
Bamboo
Fruit

3. What special feature helps pandas hold bamboo?

Strong teeth
A special thumb
Long claws
Activity 2: Text Features Matching
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Heading
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Picture
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Fact
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Label
Tells what a section is about
Shows information visually
Gives true information
Explains parts of a picture
Activity 3: Reading a New Information Text
🌻 Sunflowers 🌻
Growing: Sunflowers grow very tall. Some can be over 10 feet high!
Following the Sun: Young sunflowers turn to face the sun during the day. This is called heliotropism.
Seeds: Each sunflower can have over 1,000 seeds. Birds and people eat sunflower seeds.
Uses: Sunflower seeds can be used to make oil for cooking.

4. How tall can sunflowers grow?

Over 10 feet tall
About 2 feet tall
Only 1 foot tall

5. What do young sunflowers do during the day?

They close their petals
They turn to face the sun
They change color

6. What can sunflower seeds be used to make?

Paper
Clothing
Cooking oil
Activity 4: Finding Information

Look back at the panda text. Find this information:

7. What are baby pandas called?

Puppies
Cubs
Kittens

8. How much bamboo can a panda eat in one day?

10 pounds
40 pounds
100 pounds
Activity 5: Create Your Own Information Text
Write a short information text about an animal you like! ✏️
Lives in
Eats
Has
Can
Interesting fact:
forest
ocean
desert
plants
meat
fur
feathers
run
fly
swim
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You’re an Information Text Expert! 🌟

Amazing job learning about information texts!

Remember:

  • Information texts teach us facts about the world
  • Look for headings, pictures, facts, and labels
  • Read carefully to find important information
  • Use pictures to help understand the words
  • Good readers ask questions as they read
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Keep practicing and you’ll be able to learn amazing things from information texts! 📖✨

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