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Jan 25, 2024 · January 25, 2024. Grades. PreK - 12. Nonfiction books are a staple in every classroom library. From STEM concepts to diverse stories, filling your shelves with a variety of books told from different voices and covering a range of topics will help your students learn about the world around them. Nonfiction books also help students build ...
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- Who Was.../ What Was... Where Is Series. This was the overwhelming favorite nonfiction book series by a landslide. Teachers had different favorites, including
- What If You Had... This is my personal favorite nonfiction book series, and a favorite by many other teachers! These books are both funny and informative, teaching upper elementary students about different parts of animals in an imaginative way.
- Weird But True... The title is pretty self-explanatory. This nonfiction book series shares random weird but true facts. The facts are interesting, and many of them seem unbelievable.
- Who Would Win... I love the idea behind this series. The author, Jerry Pallotta, shares information about two different animals. Using the information provided, the reader is supposed to use their own reasoning to figure out which animal would win in a fight.
- Narrative Nonfiction. In the mid-1990s, children’s authors began crafting narrative nonfiction—prose that tells a true story or conveys an experience. This style of writing appeals to fiction lovers because it includes real characters and settings; narrative scenes; and, ideally, a narrative arc with rising tension, a climax, and denouement.
- Expository Literature. When Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, school funding priorities suddenly shifted. School library budgets were slashed, and many school librarians lost their jobs.
- Active Nonfiction. Inspired by the maker movement, publishers have recently begun creating what booksellers call “active nonfiction”—browsable books that are highly interactive and/or teach skills readers can use to engage in an activity.
- A New Way of Thinking. Take a moment to evaluate your classroom or library book collection. Do you have enough nonfiction titles? Experts recommend a 50-50 mix of fiction and nonfiction.
Recent nonfiction books reveal an emphasis on the visual, an emphasis on accuracy, and an engaging writing style. Suggestions are included for choosing and using nonfiction picture books in the classroom. What Teachers Need to Know About the “New” Nonfiction. Five kinds of STEM-themed nonfiction books for kids
Rationale for Teaching Nonfiction Writing 1 Rationale for Teaching Nonfiction Writing Nonfiction writing used to be saved for genre studies in which young writers created a set of directions or engaged in crafting a report about animals. But, evidence now suggests that this limited view of nonfiction writing is "too little—too late!"
Apr 25, 2021 · Ep 67 // Teaching Nonfiction: 5 Must-Try Ideas for the Elementary Classroom. Inside This Week’s Episode: Most of what we read in our daily life is nonfiction - street signs, dinner recipes, news articles, etc. So -let’s teach our students these critical reading nonfiction reading skills that will help them in the classroom and beyond!
