2nd grade · English Language Arts · Unit 5 of 12
Book Explorers
Titles, captions and kinds of texts
What your child practices
Book words (author, illustrator, title, chapter, table of contents, caption, heading, diagram), fiction and non-fiction, and what letters, recipes, maps and lists are for.
Alabama Course of Study content standard: 2.25 · information from titles, captions and pictures
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- The title and the author's name are usually on the front cover.
- The author writes the words; the illustrator makes the pictures.
- Different texts do different jobs: a letter shares news, a list helps you remember.
Example: Who writes the words in a book? The illustrator draws the pictures. The author writes the words. Answer: the author
Book Explorers in Alabama
In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 5 of 12 in 2nd grade English Language Arts, after Word Power and before Joining Sentences.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
A long book can be split into parts. Each part is called a…
📚- chapter
- caption
- label
chapter
Hint: Chapter books are split into chapters, and each one has its own number or title.
Question 2
Which text tells you how to make something, step by step?
- 🧁a recipe
- 💌a birthday card
- 🎵a poem
🧁 a recipe
Hint: A recipe lists what you need and the steps to follow.
Question 3
A drawing with labels that shows the parts of something is a…
🌱- story
- diagram
- poem
diagram
Hint: A diagram uses a picture and labels, like one that shows the parts of a plant.
Question 4
In a list of steps, why are there numbers 1, 2, 3?
🔢- to count the pictures
- to show the order of the steps
- to show the page is old
to show the order of the steps
Hint: Numbered steps tell you what to do first, next and last.
Question 5
Where do you usually find the title and the author's name?
- 📘on the front cover
- 🌳inside a picture of a tree
- 📄on the last page only
📘 on the front cover
Hint: Look at the front cover first. It shows the title and who wrote the book.
Question 6
Which text would you send to tell your grandma about your week?
- 📑a table of contents
- 🍲a recipe
- ✉️a letter
✉️ a letter
Hint: A letter is written to a person. It starts with “Dear”.