Grade 2 · English Language Arts · Unit 9 of 11
Text Features
Contents, charts, icons and order
What your child practises
Using a table of contents, charts and icons to find information, and following order words in steps and journal entries.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: Use a variety of reading strategies, including altering speed, rereading, and making predictions, to understand the message in a story or an informational text. · using the table of contents, charts and other text features to understand information
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
On which page does the chapter “Rivers” begin?
Table of Contents Chapter Title Page 1 Maps 4 2 Weather 10 3 Rivers 16 4 Farms 21 5 Cities 28 - 10
- 28
- 16
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16
Hint: Find the title in the middle column, then read the page number.
Question 2
Which text is a journal entry?
- Mix flour and eggs. Then stir.
- Once upon a time, a dragon slept.
- October 3. Today we saw a moose at the lake.
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October 3. Today we saw a moose at the lake.
Hint: A journal entry often starts with a date and tells what happened to the writer.
Question 3
Tap the steps in the order they happen.
- Let it cool
- Pour it in a pan
- Mix the batter
- Bake it
- Eat the cake
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Mix the batter → Pour it in a pan → Bake it → Let it cool → Eat the cake
Hint: Think about what has to happen first.
Question 4
Words like first, next and finally help the reader know…
- the price of the book
- the name of the author
- the order of events
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the order of events
Hint: Order words show what comes first, next and last.
Question 5
On which page does the chapter “Weather” begin?
Table of Contents Chapter Title Page 1 Maps 4 2 Weather 10 3 Rivers 16 4 Farms 23 5 Cities 27 - 10
- 27
- 16
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10
Hint: Find the title in the middle column, then read the page number.
Question 6
A small picture on a sign that tells you something is called a…
- title
- icon
- chapter
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icon
Hint: An icon is a small symbol that gives information quickly.