Nonfiction table of contents lesson

The concept of nonfiction can be very abstract, making it difficult to teach the concept. These worksheets look at the nonfiction text feature; table of contents. Within these worksheets are two activities that are designed to help students understand the concept table of contents.

This download includes a printable worksheet with two activities, a printable checklist with a checklist for individual students and for the class and finally an answer sheet with answers to the activities.

The objectives of these worksheets is to deepen the understanding of exactly what a table of contents is and what can be found on a table of contents.

The first activity encourages students to identify the page numbers as this is an important element found in a table of contents, the second activity has two variations, the first variation is writing the headings in the correct order in the space provided and the second variation is cutting and pasting the headings in the correct order in the space provided.

These activities are great for grade 1,2 and 3 and can be used as an introduction, recap, support or enrichment. Simply print the activity and hand out students.

If you like these worksheets, have a look at the nonfiction text feature table of contents lesson which goes alongside these PDFs and contains the online versions of the activities given as well as lesson slides that are animated with speaker notes.

Number of pages: Activities: 7, Answer sheets: 7, Checklist: 8

-Activities: Two activities

-Answer sheet

-Checklist: individual and class