Trek Master Guide
A comprehensive teacher guide for the Text Feature Trek lesson, featuring an expedition-themed layout, timed instructional steps, differentiation strategies for 3rd-5th grades, and standards alignment.
Expedition Briefing Slides
An expedition-themed slide deck to introduce nonfiction text features, using metaphors like signposts and maps to explain headings, captions, glossaries, and indexes with high-contrast visuals and clear text.
Wild Wonders Reading
An informational reading passage about the Amazon Rainforest canopy, specifically designed with headings, bold keywords, captions, diagrams, a glossary, and an index for students to analyze.
Scavenger Hunt Guide
An expedition-themed scavenger hunt worksheet where students use their "Wild Wonders Reading" passage to locate specific information by identifying and utilizing various text features.
Explorer Logbook Exit Ticket
A student reflection sheet and exit ticket designed as an "Explorer Logbook," where students evaluate their understanding of text features and self-assess their learning.
Trek Master Answer Key
An answer key for the Text Feature Trek lesson, providing solutions for the Scavenger Hunt Guide and the Explorer Logbook exit ticket.