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Text Features Activity

Book parts bookmark activity: students pick a few books and place labeled cards at the title, table of contents, glossary, index, headings and other features to mark where each one is.
Grades
Preschool–2, Elementary
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Updated Oct 13, 2026

Subject
ELA, Reading
Topic
Text Features
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What's inside this resource

This activity is great for helping students to identify text features in the books they are reading. It is a great way to gather information about what they will read. This activity will help students to understand the text features and how to use them.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Locate the parts of a book, such as the glossary and index
  • Identify where the author and illustrator are named

Teaching tips

  • Students work with real books, so gather a few titles that include a table of contents, glossary and index.

Skills covered

  • Finding text features — marking each book part with its matching card

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Text features
  • Table of contents
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Heading

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