Technical Texts

Our focus this trimester is Technical Texts.  These texts are social studies and science texts or informational materials with a non-narrative structure.  We will also be learning about this in writing as we learn about How-To writing and practice our own! 

You can support this at home by finding examples of technical texts and sharing them with your child.  The holidays are a wonderful time to do this as I'm sure you'll be preparing lots of favorite recipes (a great technical text!) and putting together many toys or games with instructions (another technical text)! 

As you're reading, work to identify the main idea and key details, identify headings, and try to retell.  Having many opportunities to access these texts will make strong first grade readers. 

Here are some first graders working with technical texts today: