Nonfiction Text Features Activities, Worksheets, Games Bundle

Use these 80 nonfiction passages LOADED with text features to practice informational text comprehension skills. There is a wide variety of no and low prep activities to engage your students and use to practice text features ALL YEAR LONG!!

With this bundle your nonfiction reading lessons and activities are going to practice informational text features in an engaging, interactive, meaningful, and effective way!

What is included:

20 Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages -

• Specifically designed for primary students' reading levels
• Printable & digital options
• Differentiated options for each passage

Two versions:

• write the name to label the text features & answer 2 comprehension questions
• color the text feature based on a color guide given

Fun engaging topics include: animals, food, modes of transportation, and sports

Text Feature Color By Comprehension

20 nonfiction passages

• one page reading passage
• set of multiple choice questions for each
• half page coloring sheet that students color based on their answers to the comprehension questions.

Each passage has 8 multiple choice questions.

• #1-5 are about text features
• #6-8 are comprehension about the passage.

The 20 comprehension passages include high interest topics to engage students in the activities. Each passage was written with a variety of text features incorporated for students to practice identifying text features at their level.

These are sure to grasp your students attention with topics like s'mores, crafts, swimming, clothes, ballet, dog, cookies, movies, milkshakes, farm animals, shopping, construction vehicles, saying hi around the world, exercising, and monkeys.

Text Feature Task Cards- Digital & Printable 

48 Task Card Activities (12 per set)

• Set 1- focuses on identifying text features visually in context between two options and by its definition
• Set 2- focuses on naming text features shown in context, identify its definition and how it helps a reader
• Set 3- focuses on identifying which text feature an author uses for a specific purpose, how text features support and relate to each other, & naming a text feature based on its definition
• Set 4- focuses on comprehension using the text features

Differentiated Recording Sheets

Blank & Completed Text Features Definition Chart

Answer Key

Versions:

The PDF- 2 task cards per page

Google Slides- one task card per slide, drag and drop or clickable text boxes to answer

Powerpoint- one task card per slide, not interactive- made for use on smartboard

Text Feature Games

The 40 nonfiction animal mini passages that are used with every game are the perfect practice while your students play each engaging game.

Games & Activities Included:

Three In A Row

• Students use one of the differentiated game board options.
• They identify a text feature on the animal card and cover it on the game board.
• When they get three in a row, they win!

Board Games

• Swirl & Learn- students move around the game board and identify or interpret a text feature on an animal card depending on the symbol they land on
• Turn & Learn- students move around the game board and identify, interpret , or answer a challenge question card about a text feature on an animal card depending on the symbol they land on

Movement Games

• Tito Says (similar to Simon says) with identifying text features
• Flip & Follow- students do exercises if their animal card has the chosen text feature
• Text Feature Hunt- students go around the room to find and interpret the text features- multiple options included

The games and activities included are:

• differentiated
• engaging
• interactive
• meaningful practice of text features
• able to be played independently, in partners, or in a small group

How can I use these all of these nonfiction reading activities?

• reading centers
• homework
• review
• assessments
• sub work
• guided reading groups
• exit slips
• whole group practice

Pairs perfectly with my other text feature resources:

Text Feature Color By Comprehension Passages

Text Feature Differentiated Passages

Text Feature Task Cards

FREE Text Feature Puzzle

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