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Oct 19, 2023 · Recommending nonfiction books for 5th graders may not be a natural response for many teachers and parents who love to read fiction. But as an elementary school teacher and librarian, I’ve noticed that students who say, “Oh, I’m not a reader,” or, “I don’t really like reading,” might resist the siren songs of the latest fantasy series but, more often than not, will willingly dip ...
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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.
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!"
- To Start This Unit, We Discuss The Differences Between Fiction and Nonfiction.
- Introduce One Or Two Text Features Each Day
- Task Cards
- Bingo
- Follow Up Or For Fast Finishers
Before you can directly teach nonfiction text features, the kids need to be able to distinguish between fiction and nonfiction. I like to start by having the kids help me brainstorm as we create an anchor chart listing the characteristics of each. Of course, I have the key characteristics I want them to mention and prod them along where needed. A g...
Now that students understand what nonfiction is, it’s time to examine each text feature together. The day before the lesson, I search through my classroom library and add in books from the school library and tag good examples of text features with sticky notes, so I’m ready for the next day’s lesson. On the lesson day, I teach one or two specific t...
Once we have introduced all of the text features, I take out my set of task cards for this unit. I think by now I have task cards for just about each standard that I teach because they give kids so much focused practice and students still see them as a “game”, so they really enjoy using them. If you run reading centers, task cards are great for thi...
Another way I reinforce text features is to play a Nonfiction Text Features Bingo as a class. I pass out cardstock (laminated) Bingo cards, as well as buttons for markers (you could also use mini-erasers, beans, math cubes, plastic disks, or even small pieces of paper) and we play the game several times together. I have a prize box of random treasu...
I love to have a few easy but effective ideas on hand for a whole class review and for the few fast finishers who need some enrichment. One easy project is to take old science magazines like National Geographics (I would pre-screen these for iffy pictures), Ranger Ricks, Scholastic Magazines, or Weekly Readers and have kids cut out examples of each...
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 ...
Teachers, librarians, children’s book authors, and editors all loved the idea of classifying nonfiction into five categories—active nonfiction, browseable nonfiction, traditional nonfiction, expository literature, and narrative nonfiction. People praised the clarity the classification system brought to the range of children’s nonfiction ...
