Year 1 · Facts and Information · Summary
Year 1 English Facts and Information: summary and key words
Part of the Year 1 English facts and information chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Story or fact | A story is made up. A fact is true, and you can check it. |
| Titles and headings | The title tells you what the whole text is about. Headings tell you what each part is about. |
| Labels and captions | A label is a word that names a part. A caption is a whole sentence about the picture. |
| Lists | A list puts facts on separate lines, often with a bullet. |
| Finding a fact | Read the question first, then look for its key words in the text. |
| Instructions | Instructions tell you what to do, step by step, in order. |
Can you…?
- I can say whether a text is a story or a fact, and how I know
- I can use the title and headings to find the part I need
- I can read labels and captions on a picture
- I can find facts in a list
- I can find a fact in a short text by reading the question first
- I can put the steps of an instruction in order
Key terms
- fact
- something that is true, and that we can check
- story
- writing that is made up
- title
- the name of the whole text, at the top
- heading
- a short line that tells you what one part is about
- label
- a word that names one part of a picture
- caption
- a whole sentence under a picture that tells us about it
- list
- things written one under another, often with bullets
- instruction
- a set of steps that tells you how to do something
- command word
- the first word of a step, which tells you what to do
- hibernation
- a long, deep sleep that some animals have in winter