Learning About Informational Texts
A first-grade worksheet to help students understand and identify informational stories and texts, focusing on facts and real-world information.
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Learning About Informational Texts
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Read each section carefully and answer the questions. Informational texts teach us facts about real things!
What are Informational Texts?

Informational texts are books or stories that teach us real facts about real things. They are not make-believe. They tell us how things work, what animals eat, or about places around the world. Look for pictures that show real photos or drawings of real things!
Decide if each statement about informational texts is True or False.
1. Informational texts tell us about made-up characters and magical places.
True
False
2. We learn real facts from informational texts.
True
False
Read the question and choose the best answer.
1. Which of these is most likely an informational text?
A story about a talking bear
A book about how plants grow
A fairy tale about a princess
A poem about the moon
Complete the sentences using words about informational texts.
1. Informational texts teach us about real things.
2. Informational texts are not -believe stories.
1. Name one thing you learned from an informational text recently. What was it about?