With the emphasis on Common Core, learning non-fiction text features is beginning earlier and earlier. This year my school has also incorporated a Stephanie Harvey program which also leans heavily on non-fiction text. Last year I developed a Kindergarten lesson with my team that taught the students about many of the features and then they practiced by creating their own non-fiction texts. To help all our students succeed, we created a tiered system with increasing difficulty. Beginning with students who needed the most support, we offered them a word bank with pictures and the beginning letter for each label. Our second tiered students were successful with only the word bank and beginning letters. Our highest tier was able to sound out the items needing to be labeled and word with only the word bank. To get a jump start on this year, I created a new labeling activity for the upcoming holiday season.
Each level is laid out the same, with the exception of the beginning letter sounds and pictures within the word bank.
The activity is available for FREE from my TPT Store. I hope you find this activity useful with your students. If you do download it, please take a minute and leave me some feedback. I'd love to know what you think of the tiered system and how it worked with your students. Enjoy.
