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As we dive into 2nd quarter my reading instruction is now full of non-fiction. Most of our reading objectives for the quarter deal with non-fiction. While my second graders usually know what non-fiction is and how it is different from fiction, they often don't understand most of the conventions, text features, and how to retell. So we spend a LOT of time in our minilessons learning all we can about non-fiction. I've started out by introducing text features. I had an old poster that had a…

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This document will enable primary and intermediate students to idenitfy nonfiction text features/text structure when reading a nonfiction text. Students will hunt for the title, subtitle, glossary, index, types of print, captions, inserts, etc. A motivating, hands-on way to help students become fa...

We have been connecting creatures from Eric Carle's books to nonfiction texts. I can see a huge increase in the interest of nonfiction books. A few students are starting to write about nonfiction topics at writing time. I saw so many great nonfiction convention charts on Pinterest that I was inspired to create an anchor chart and have the students make little non-fiction convention books! You can find a small kindergarten version and a bigger version below. I decided that for the little k…

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Informational Text Structures can be tricky to teach, but they are important for understanding nonfiction text. Not only that, but they are also part of the Informational Text Common Core Standards for fourth and fifth grade: RI.4.5. Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text. RI.5.5. Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology,

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We have been connecting creatures from Eric Carle's books to nonfiction texts. I can see a huge increase in the interest of nonfiction books. A few students are starting to write about nonfiction topics at writing time. I saw so many great nonfiction convention charts on Pinterest that I was inspired to create an anchor chart and have the students make little non-fiction convention books! You can find a small kindergarten version and a bigger version below. I decided that for the little k…