Some books tell stories. Others give us facts. A fact is something true that we can check, like “Bees have six legs.” Books full of facts are called information texts.
Information texts often have a title, headings and pictures with labels. The title tells you the main topic: what the text is mostly about. To answer a question, look for the key word from the question in the text.
Facts can be about animals, places, people or how things work.
Worked example
Read: “Frogs live near ponds. They eat flies.” What do frogs eat?
- Find the key word: eat.
- Read the sentence with eat in it: “They eat flies.”
Answer:Frogs eat flies.
Key words
- fact
- something true that can be checked
- topic
- what a text is mostly about
- heading
- a title for one part of a text
Practise this
New questions every time.
Common Core-referenced: RI.1.1, RI.1.2