Stretching Our Minds in Second Grade

FROM BALANCING CRAYFISH TO A NONFICTION SCAVENGER HUNT...

IT ALL HAPPENS IN SECOND GRADE!

Students are navigating through a wide variety of nonfiction text in search of a number of text features. Some examples that students were looking for are:

• glossary
• table of contents
• illustrations
• photographs
• captions
• maps
• index
• diagrams
• charts
• bold print
• headings
• subheadings
• labels