Reading

CURRICULUM FOCUS

We are learning to identify language features used in explanation texts.


VOCABULARY

Language features: 

  • Time connectives
  • Diagrams - flowcharts
  • Illustrations
  • Title
  • Present tense
  • Text boxes
  • Maps
  • Captions 

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

Read a nonfiction text with your child. Have them identify at least three language features and justify them to you.