Grade 3 · Reading · Lesson 21

Use Captions and Headings

When you read a non-fiction book, a news article, or a science page, you will notice two helpful tools: headings and captions. Both give you important clues about what the text or image is about before you read every word.

What this lesson teaches

1Identify headings and captions in informational text
2Explain what each heading or caption tells the reader
3Match a heading or caption to the section or image it describes

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