NONFICTION TEXT FEATURES TABLE OF CONTENTS
DO NOW: How can you find information in a book quickly?
WHAT IS IT? The Table of Contents in a book lists the title, number, and page numbers of all the chapters in a book. It can be used to find information quickly.
EXAMPLE: YOUR HEALTH AND YOU 1. About Your Body and How it works Eating Healthy Foods For Health Safety and You Guarding Against Disease Health and Our World Exercise and Health
HOW MANY CHAPTERS ARE IN THIS BOOK? YOUR HEALTH AND YOU 1. About Your Body and How it works Eating Healthy Foods For Health Safety and You Guarding Against Disease Health and Our World Exercise and Health
WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THE THIRD CHAPTER? YOUR HEALTH AND YOU 1. About Your Body and How it works Eating Healthy Foods For Health Safety and You Guarding Against Disease Health and Our World Exercise and Health
WHAT PAGES CAN YOU FIND INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO GUARD AGAINST DISEASE? YOUR HEALTH AND YOU 1. About Your Body and How it works Eating Healthy Foods For Health Safety and You Guarding Against Disease Health and Our World Exercise and Health
WHAT CHAPTER HAS INFORMATION ON HOW YOUR BODY WORKS? YOUR HEALTH AND YOU 1. About Your Body and How it works Eating Healthy Foods For Health Safety and You Guarding Against Disease Health and Our World Exercise and Health
DEADLY POISON DART FROGS Open your book to the Table of Contents. Let’s read through the topics to see what we will read about. Notice what page each topic begins on.
GUIDED PRACTICE: What topic is on page 20? People and Poison Dart Frogs
GUIDED PRACTICE: On what page would you find the glossary? Page 22
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: 1. On what page would you look to find information about warning signs? 2. What will we find on p.15? 3. I need information about a frog’s toes. Where should I look? 4. Page 7 is missing! What was on it?
LET’S READ! Let’s read Look, but Don’t Touch! What page should we turn to?
AFTER YOU READ: 5. Name 5 colors poison dart frogs can be. 6. Why should you not touch a poison dart frog? 7. Would you like to have a poison dart frog for a pet? Why or why not? Support your answer with information from the text. 8. Using information from “Deadly Data”, where do you think most poison dart frogs live?