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Week 09 · Find It Fast

Friday

Freddy's find it fast game
// Text features in fact texts
⏱ about 15 min

Friday: Freddy's find it fast game

Freddy the Frog hops onto the Story Stump.

"Ribbit! Welcome to Find It Fast!" he says.

"I name a job. You pick the tool."

Ferris the Fox sets the week's guides in a neat row.

Samantha the Squirrel bounces. "Ready, set, read!"

Remember the tools

A title names the whole text.

A heading names one part.

Bold words are important words.

A glossary tells what words mean.

A label names part of a picture. A caption tells about it.

A contents page tells where each part starts.

GAME 1: PICK THE TOOL
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
You want to know what a word means. Which tool helps?
You want to name one part of a map. Which tool helps?
You want to know what a picture shows. Which tool helps?
You want to find where a game starts. Which tool helps?
GAME 2: REMEMBER THE GUIDES
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
In the Leaf Race, what is a relay?
Which heading told about Freddy?
On the map, where is the bridge?
On which page is the glossary in the Book of Games?
GAME 3: WHICH FEATURE IS IT?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
"The Pond" names one part of a guide. Which feature is it?
A sentence sits under a picture of Freddy. Which feature is it?
"relay: a race where team members take turns." Which feature is it?
GAME 4: FRONT TO BACK
  • What comes first in a fact book?
  • Tap the cards in order.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
SentenceTrue or false?
A heading names one part of a text.?
A glossary is at the front of a book.?
Bold words are important words.?
A label tells about the whole picture.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEA glossary is near the end. A label names one part.
Try it
Pick one tool from this week.
Find it in a book at home.
Show a grown-up how it helps.

Word Spot review

Let us review this week's sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

These: T-H-E-S-E.

Those: T-H-O-S-E.

Upon: U-P-O-N.

Us: U-S.

River: R-I-V-E-R.

Carry: C-A-R-R-Y.

State: S-T-A-T-E.

Book: B-O-O-K.

Hear: H-E-A-R.

Without: W-I-T-H-O-U-T.

Second: S-E-C-O-N-D.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
Look at ___ leaves.
___ clouds are big and gray.
A bird sat ___ the fence.
Come with ___ to the park.

Ribbit! You found it fast! Next week Donnie asks why authors write.

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