Non-Fiction Text Features

Last week our class started to talk about the text features of non-fiction texts and the importance of each text feature.   Good readers use these features to help them better understand what they are reading.  So far we have looked at captions, photographs, illustrations, headings, subheadings, diagrams, and labels.  The students are working in small groups using the iPad to take pictures of these text features in non-fiction books. They will use these pictures with an app on the iPad called Pic Collage to create a collage of non-fiction text features.  This is another great opportunity to work collaboratively in small groups while developing a product that shows their learning! :)