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Week 09 · Find It Fast

Story Hunt

Story Hunt: text features
// Text features in fact texts
⏱ about 15 min

Saturday: Story Hunt

Samantha the Squirrel races up to the Story Stump.

"Story Hunt day!" she says. "Find a fact book at home or at the library."

"Hunt for every tool we learned this week!"

Ferris the Fox holds up his basket. "Count them as you go."

  1. A title names the whole text. Headings name the parts.
  2. Bold words are important. The glossary tells what they mean.
  3. Labels name parts of a picture. Captions tell about it.
  4. The contents page shows where each part starts.
◇ STORY HUNT: TOOL HUNT
Pick a fact book with your grown-up.
Find the title on the cover.
Look for a contents page at the front.
Find one heading and one caption.
Look for bold words.
Check the back for a glossary.
HUNT CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Where do you look for the contents page?
Where do you look for a glossary?
Which tool sits under a picture?
Which words look dark and thick?
SentenceTrue or false?
The title is often on the cover.?
A caption is a list of page numbers.?
Headings help you find a part fast.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEThe contents page lists page numbers. A caption tells about a picture.
Draw a page from your book. Add a heading and a caption.
For a grown-up
Fact books from the library work best for this hunt.
Let your child point to each tool and say its job.
Ask: Which tool would help us find something fast?

Happy hunting! See you next week on the Story Trail.

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