Use available text features (e.g., graphics and illustrations) to make meaning from text. SPI 0401.6.6

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1. Captions Help Tell the Story - look at three pictures and try to determine which caption fits best
2. Health Problems - Use the pictures above to answer the questions below.
3. Pictures in a text - Lesson plan - Applying Question–Answer Relationships to Pictures
4. Take a Book Walk - Discuss the pictures while predicting story - Lesson ideas [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
5. Thinking Maps - several different examples of ways to organize information.
6. Using the Parts of a Book - a worksheet from Teach-nology
7. Using an Index for Information - a worksheet from Teach-nology
8. Using a Table of Contents - a worksheet from Teach-nology
9. Using Graph and Charts
   1. Interpreting a Data Chart - answer questions about what can be found in a grid chart
   2. Interpreting Column Graphs - answer ten questions about a column graph
   3. Interpreting Circle (Pie) Graphs - answer eight questions about a circle graph
10. Searching Informational Text - Use this lesson plan to guide students to an understanding of the conventions of informational texts and develop comprehension strategies to assist learning.

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