Spring Text Features - Including Easter!

Spring has sprung, and  a new season means new text features passages!

First, let me tell you about how I teach text features in my classroom. 

  • I love cutting up an old book, magazine, or Scholastic news to make an anchor chart. It's a great way to teach text features in context and make the concept a little less abstract. 



  • Hand motions! Lots of hand motions. Whole brain teaching strategies help vocabulary stick. 

See the full video here. 

  • Revisit constantly. Every time you see a text feature, point it out, and discuss how it can help you with comprehension. 

  • Three words: text features passages! 


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I love using text features passages as practice and assessment. I originally created these products for my own classroom. I needed a way to assess my students’ understanding of text features other than by observation, and I wanted the assessment to tie in to our science and social studies curriculum. Thus, this idea was born. The kids have fun using different colors to identify the different text features, and it provides great work samples for me. 

Want to try some out for yourself? 

I actually have TWO freebies for ya! 

The first, about the life cycle of a butterfly, can be downloaded for FREE in my TPT store. Click here to find and download the free sample. 




One teacher says, "This product is a great way to bring science and writing together. It made the text features explicit so students could have that "ah-ha" moment."

Want another freebie? I have another passage to offer you all about the life cycle of a frog:





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    The frog freebie would be great to use in conjunction with the other free article about the butterfly life cycle. Try comparing/contrasting the text features OR the content!



    Looking for more to engage your students even more? 

    Holiday text features passages may be for you! 

    These passages are always a HIT with my students. They get excited about the holiday and forget that they are working! 

    I love using these passages to practice 
    • determining the main idea using text features, 
    • making text-to-self-connections, and 
    • using context clues to infer the meaning of unknown words. 
    • Fluency practice always works, too! 

    The first page in each pack is called “Comprehension Check.” Just choose the passage you are going to use, then copy the Comprehension Check onto the back of the chosen passage. You will then have a two-sided nonfiction assessment that will assess text feature identification as well as reading comprehension. 

    The holiday content just makes all that much for fun!

    I do have an Easter passage included in the holiday pack. 



    Memorial Day is also included, which is right around the corner!

    Check out the holiday text features pack right here. 

    One teacher says, "This is a fantastic product! I recommend this to anyone who is teaching text features!"

    Another says, "I kid you not, this bundle is pure perfection! My students literally cheer when we do this, and they are begging for more. You will not be disappointed by this product or any other from this seller!!"



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