Year 4 · English · Reading
Non-fiction features
Use headings, captions, diagrams, glossaries and contents pages, and tell facts from opinions.
Everything for this topic in one place
- 3D lesson: Non-fiction features — Pick the right feature to find information, read contents pages and indexes, sort facts from opinions and compare two texts on the same topic, with Kiri.
- Teacher presentation — slides to put on the projector.
- Worksheets at three levels — Tūī (support), Kererū (core) and Kea (extension), each with an answer key on the last page.
- Online practice — assign it to your class in the Crateclass classroom and the results come back by themselves.
Written for Te Mātaiaho, Phase 2 (Years 4–6), with New Zealand places, money and native birds.
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