Reading: Captions (Text Feature)

What are captions? Captions are text features that the author uses to give us more information about an illustration or photograph. In class, we are working on writing our own captions for Charlotte's Web illustrations. We are working on writing 1-2 complete sentences that tell how a character feels and why they are feeling that way.

Here is an example:

Fern couldn't take her eyes off Wilbur because she thought he was perfect!

She felt very thankful that her father allowed her to keep and take care of the runt pig.

Students can create captions for their independent reading books by reading the text near the illustrations, then thinking of 1-2 sentences that can tell how the character is feeling and why they feel that way. No illustrations? Draw a "quick sketch" based on a part read today, then write a caption for your quick sketch.

Happy "captioning"!

~Mrs. Coleman