Nonfiction Text Structures Anchor Chart – Reading Set
- Grades
- Grades 2–5, Elementary
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Reading
- Topic
- nonfiction, anchor chart
- Resource types
- Anchor Charts, Teacher Tools
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Standards
- CCSS.RI.4.5 CCSS.RI.3.8 +1
About this resource
What's inside this resource
This resource is a set of 2 charts">anchor charts for teaching nonfiction text structures. The first chart is complete. The second chart is fill in the blank. These charts work well displayed on a bulletin board or inserted into students' interactive reading notebooks.
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Identify and name five nonfiction text structures: problem/solution, sequencing, description, cause/effect, and compare/contrast
Use structure-specific transition and key words (e.g., 'therefore,' 'alike,' 'first...next...finally') to recognize which structure a passage uses
Recognize that a nonfiction text can contain more than one structure even when one is dominant
Teaching tips
Post the completed chart as a permanent classroom reference during nonfiction reading units.
Use the second, blank page as a quick formative check by having students fill in definitions and key words from memory.
Pair the key-words column with a text-structure scavenger hunt in students' current nonfiction reading.
Skills covered
Nonfiction text-structure identification — students match transition words like 'therefore' and 'first, second, next' to the structure (problem/solution, sequencing, etc.) they signal.
Anchor chart reference use — students consult a five-structure comparison table while reading informational text.
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
Why does the chart note that a nonfiction text can have more than one structure even though it follows one MAIN structure?
It cautions against over-simplifying: a passage might mostly use cause-and-effect but include a brief comparison, for example, so the chart reminds students to identify the dominant structure rather than expect only one signal throughout.
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Curriculum
Standards, concepts & topics
Standards
Standards
- CCSS.RI.4.5 — Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
- CCSS.RI.3.8 — Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).
- CCSS.L.5.6 — Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships (e.g., however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition).
Core concepts
Core concepts
text structure
problem and solution
cause and effect
compare and contrast
sequencing
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