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Wednesday

Pictures: captions and labels
// Text features in fact texts
⏱ about 15 min

Wednesday: Pictures: captions and labels

Samantha the Squirrel spreads a map on the Story Stump.

"I drew Fern Hollow," she says. "Every spot has a label."

Donnie the Deer leans in slowly. "And what is under the picture?"

"That is the caption. It tells about the picture," says Samantha.

Learn it: captions and labels

A label is a word that names one part of a picture.

A line often points from the label to the part.

A caption is a sentence under a picture.

It tells what the whole picture shows.

Ferris asks: What is this spot on the map?

He reads the label. Pond!

Read it
Title: Samantha's Map of Fern Hollow
Picture 1: a map of Fern Hollow with five labels.
Label: Story Stump, in the middle of the map
Label: Pond, to the left of the Story Stump
Label: Bridge, over the stream at the top
Label: Writing Nook, next to the Story Stump
Label: Tall Pine, where Samantha lives
Caption: Fern Hollow from above, drawn by Samantha the Squirrel.
Picture 2: Freddy the Frog on his lily pad.
Caption: Freddy waits at the pond for his Friday game.
CHECK IT: READ THE MAP
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What is in the middle of the map?
Which label is at the top of the map?
Where does Samantha live?
What does the map caption tell?
CAPTION OR LABEL?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
"Pond" names one spot on the map. Is it a caption or a label?
"Freddy waits at the pond for his Friday game." Is it a caption or a label?
Which one tells about a whole picture?
Which one names one small part?
SentenceTrue or false?
A label names part of a picture.?
A caption is a sentence about a picture.?
The pond is to the right of the Story Stump.?
The map has five labels.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEThe pond is to the left of the Story Stump.
Draw a map of your room. Add three labels and a caption.
Try it
Look at a picture in any book.
Read its caption aloud.
Tell a grown-up one thing the caption tells you.

Word Spot: carry, state, book

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

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

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

Book: B-O-O-K.

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.
Please help me ___ the box.
Our ___ has big lakes.
Open your ___ to page five.

Map master! Tomorrow we use every tool in one book.

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