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Week 09 · Find It Fast

Monday

Titles and headings
// Text features in fact texts
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Titles and headings

Samantha the Squirrel zooms down a tree trunk.

"Hi, readers! I made a guide to Fern Hollow!" she says.

"It has a title and headings, so you can find things fast."

Ferris the Fox peeks at the pages. "Show us how it works!"

Learn it: titles and headings

The title is the name of the whole text.

Headings are small titles for each part.

A heading tells what that part is about.

Ferris asks: Where can I read about the pond?

He finds the heading The Pond. There it is!

Read it
Title: Samantha's Guide to Fern Hollow
Heading: The Story Stump
The Story Stump is a big old stump by the Tomorrow Trail.
Chris the Coyote tells stories there every afternoon.
Heading: The Pond
Freddy the Frog sits on his lily pad at the pond.
He likes to hum a tune in the morning.
Heading: The Bridge
The bridge goes over the stream.
Bennie the Bear fixes it when a branch falls on it.
Heading: The Writing Nook
Hazel the Hedgehog writes in a hollow log.
She shares paper and pencils with everyone.
CHECK IT: USE THE HEADINGS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What is the title of this guide?
Which heading tells about Freddy?
Which heading tells where Hazel writes?
Which heading tells about stories?
CHECK IT: READ THE PARTS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Who tells stories at the Story Stump?
What does the bridge go over?
What does Hazel share?
SentenceTrue or false?
A title names the whole text.?
This guide has four headings.?
A heading names the whole book.?
The Pond part tells about Hazel.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEA heading names one part. The Pond part tells about Freddy.
PUT THE HEADINGS IN GUIDE ORDER
  • Which heading comes first?
  • Tap the cards in order.
1First
2Second
3Third
4Last
Try it
Find a fact book with headings.
Read one heading aloud.
Guess what that part is about. Then read it to check.

Word Spot: these, those

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

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

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

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.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
Look at ___ leaves.
___ clouds are big and gray.

Speedy work! Tomorrow Samantha shows you bold words and a glossary.