Unlocking Information: Reading for Knowledge · Informational Reading

Navigating Text Features

Utilizing headers, captions, and diagrams to improve comprehension of technical or scientific texts.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do visual aids clarify information that is difficult to explain in words?
  2. 2Why is the organization of a text essential to its purpose?
  3. 3How can we use text features to predict the most important details in a chapter?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Reading - Grade 4ON: Media Literacy - Grade 4
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: Language Arts
Unit: Unlocking Information: Reading for Knowledge
Period: Informational Reading

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