Help Your Students Understand the Purpose of Informational Texts with This Engaging Resource Pack

Looking for a simple way to teach the purpose of informational texts? This ready-to-use poster and worksheet pack is designed to help students confidently identify and understand informative texts in the classroom. Perfect for introducing nonfiction texts, building reading comprehension skills, or reinforcing the difference between fiction and nonfiction, this resource is a must-have for your literacy toolkit.

Whether you’re teaching a unit on text types, exploring nonfiction text features, or guiding students to ask, “What is the author’s purpose?”—this printable pack provides everything you need.

What Is the Purpose of Informational Text?

Informational texts are written to inform, explain, or teach the reader about a specific topic using factual information. These texts often include:

• Nonfiction books
• Fact sheets
• News articles
• Reports
• Instructional guides

With this poster and activity set, students will learn to recognize the key features of informational texts, including table of contents, titles and more.

What’s Included in the Informational Texts Pack?

• Student-friendly poster explaining the purpose of informational texts.
• Printable worksheets for identifying text features.

This resource is perfect for modelled reading lessons, guided reading groups, or as part of a literacy rotation focused on text types and comprehension strategies. Support your students in becoming confident readers of nonfiction with this Purpose of Informational Texts Pack. Available in two easy formats:

• Printable PDF – perfect for quick printing
• Editable Google Slides – ideal for digital classrooms

Whether you’re teaching about what is an informative text, looking for worksheets on text features, or simply need a high-quality, curriculum-aligned nonfiction resource, this pack makes planning easy and learning meaningful.

This resource was created by Samantha Rose, a teacher in Florida and Teach Starter collaborator.

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