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.
Alaska content standards learning standard: RI.2.7 · 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 Alaska
In the Alaska content standards, 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.
- 2nd grade guide for Alaska parents
- Printable 2nd grade English Language Arts sheet
- Alaska report cards explained
Source: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development
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 drawing with labels that shows the parts of something is a…
🌱- poem
- diagram
- story
diagram
Hint: A diagram uses a picture and labels, like one that shows the parts of a plant.
Question 2
Some words in a story are in quotation marks “like this”. They show…
💬- what a character says
- the title of the book
- a page number
what a character says
Hint: Quotation marks show the words someone says out loud. That's dialogue.
Question 3
Why do people read a funny story?
😂- to find a street
- to enjoy it and laugh
- to learn the steps to bake bread
to enjoy it and laugh
Hint: Some texts are for fun. Stories can make us laugh and wonder.
Question 4
Which text helps you remember what to buy at the store?
- 🧚a fairy tale
- 🌊a map of the ocean
- 📝a list
📝 a list
Hint: A list is a quick way to write down things to remember.
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
Before reading, you look at the cover and pictures to guess what will happen. That is…
🔮- writing a list
- making a prediction
- skipping the book
making a prediction
Hint: Good readers make predictions, then read to check them.