Text Features, Print and Digital

Headings, captions, maps, diagrams, bold words, glossary, index, and on a web page, links, menus, and search boxes.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 57

Informational texts have features that help you find and understand facts. Headings tell what each section is about. Captions explain pictures. Bold words are important.
At the back of a book, a glossary gives the meanings of bold words. An index lists topics in ABC order with page numbers.
Web pages have features too: the address shows which site you're on, the menu shows the main parts, a search box finds words, and links take you to other pages.
See the orange question mark? It's on a link. On a real web page, tapping a link like Bumblebees takes you to a new page about bumblebees.

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

3.T.SS.1.a — Describe how texts are arranged to represent information and ideas using text features (e.g., map, captions) and organizational structures (e.g., cause/effect), referring to parts of texts using terms such as chapter or section. (I)
3.T.C.1.b — Determine common text features of print, digital, auditory, spoken, and visual modes and describe how they contribute to the overall purpose and effect. (I)