Imagine your teacher, Miss Pickle Toes, has given you a project about honeybees. You need to find true and interesting facts about them. To do this, you will need to look for special kinds of texts called informative texts. These texts are full of real information that can help you learn more about honeybees.
When searching for information, you might come across different types of books and websites. For example, a storybook about honeybees flying to the moon on magic carpets won’t help you with your project. Instead, look for a website or a book that talks about where honeybees live and what they do. You can also find helpful books in your school’s library.
Informative texts are books or articles that give us facts and instructions. They include reports, explanations, event recounts, instructions, calendars, and dictionaries. These texts help us learn new things and understand the world better.
Let’s look at an example. If you see a book titled “Honeybees: The Big Book of Facts,” you can tell it’s an informative book. The title tells us that the book will have a lot of information about honeybees. A fact is a true piece of information, and informative texts are full of facts.
If the title were “Magical Moon Adventures of Henry the Honeybee,” it would probably be a storybook, which is made-up or fictional.
When you open an informative text, you’ll usually find a contents page. This page shows you the different chapters in the book, each about a different topic. If you want to learn about the body parts of a honeybee, you can look for a chapter titled “Body Parts of a Honeybee.”
Once you find it, you’ll see a title and maybe a picture with labels. The title tells you what the chapter is about, and the rest of the page gives you facts you can use for your project.
Now you know how to find and use informative texts! These texts are different from storybooks because they give you real information. The next time your teacher gives you a project, you’ll know exactly what to look for. Happy learning!
Informative Text Scavenger Hunt: Visit your school library or explore books at home with an adult. Find three different informative texts. Look at the titles and contents pages to decide if they are informative. Write down the titles and one interesting fact you learn from each book. Share your findings with your class or family.
Create Your Own Informative Page: Choose a topic you are interested in, like your favorite animal or a hobby. With the help of an adult, find some facts about your topic. Create a simple informative page by drawing a picture and writing down three facts. Present your page to your classmates and explain why it’s informative.
Fact or Fiction Game: With a partner, take turns sharing a sentence about honeybees. Decide if the sentence is a fact (informative) or fiction (story). For example, “Honeybees make honey” is a fact, while “Honeybees can talk to humans” is fiction. Keep track of how many facts and fictions you can identify correctly!
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[Music] Your teacher, Miss Pickle Toes, has assigned you a project about honeybees. The task requires you to present accurate and factual information about them. First, you will need to find texts that provide honeybee facts to assist you. Sometimes, it can be challenging to find good information, so you need to know what to look for.
For example, a storybook about honeybees visiting the moon on magic carpets would not help you complete this project, but a website about honeybees and their habitats would. You might also find valuable information in books from your school’s library. Texts that provide us with facts and instructions are called informative texts.
Informative texts include reports, explanations, recounts of events, instructions, calendars, and dictionaries. Let’s look at an example. What can you already tell about this book? Yes, it’s about honeybees, but what indicates that it’s going to be an informative book instead of an imaginative one? One of the easiest clues is in the title: “Honeybees: The Big Book of Facts.” It tells us right away that this book will provide a lot of information about honeybees.
A fact is a true piece of information, which is why it’s always part of an informative text. If the title were “Magical Moon Adventures of Henry the Honeybee,” it would most likely be a storybook, which is fictional. When we open an informative text, we usually find a contents page. A contents page shows us different chapters covered in the book, each about a different topic.
Now, if I want to find out about the body parts of a honeybee, where do you think I should look in this book? Ah, there it is: “Body Parts of a Honeybee.” Here we go! We can see right away that there is a title and a picture with lots of labels. The title provides information about the chapters, while the rest of the page offers facts we can use in our research.
Can you see how this is very different from a storybook? Now that you know what to look for when you need to create an informative text, you’ll be ready to go when your teacher gives you a new project. [Music]
