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Nonfiction activities

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Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction - Do your students need help understanding the differences between fiction vs nonfiction texts? These activities are perfect for making an anchor chart for your classroom as your students are learning to distinguish between fiction and nonfiction. #comparingfictionandnonfiction #fictionnonfiction #fictionvsnonfiction

Do your students need help understanding the differences between fiction vs nonfiction texts? These ideas & activities are perfect for making an anchor chart for your classroom as your students are learning to distinguish between fiction and nonfiction.

TEACHING STUDENTS TO FIND THE MAIN IDEA IN NONFICTION TEXTS

WHY TEACH STUDENTS TO FIND THE MAIN IDEA? Being able to find the main idea of a text is a complex and important nonfiction reading skill for upper elementary students (3rd-5th grade). “Learning how to understand

5 Ways to Practice Nonfiction Text Features - Raise the Bar Reading

As adult readers, we know the importance of using nonfiction text features in order to help us understand the main body of text. Headings help us to make predictions while reading, and then easily find

Differences Between Fiction and Nonfiction

An early lesson you want to teach your students is the difference in books that tell stories and books that give information. I have found that the best way to teach this is within context of different types of texts. Let's read more about some resources that I have used to teach the differences in the two types, as well as meet our pesky friend, the BOOK BANDIT! We begin the unit learning the text features of both types of texts by creating this anchor chart and using real text examples to…

Check out these great Author's Purpose anchor charts. These simple charts will engage your students while they learn about identifying the author's purpose in nonfiction text. Add these to your lessons and activities to help your students gain mastery!

Check out these great Author's Purpose anchor charts. These simple charts will engage your students while they learn about identifying the author's purpose in nonfiction text. Add these to your lessons and activities to help your students gain mastery!

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Build comprehension in 3rd-5th with 8 short nonfiction reading passages and questions about famous catastrophic events and historical tragedies. Paragraph topics include the great Chicago fire, the San Francisco earthquake, the sinking of the Titanic, the Halifax Explosion, the Hindenburg explosion, the Challenger disaster, the Boxing Day Tsunami, and Hurricane Katrina.
These Nonfiction Text Features Worksheets and Posters are great in-depth practice of nonfiction text features. The worksheets allow second, third and fourth grade students to define, see, find, interact, and apply 18 different nonfiction text features, such as captions, bold print, heading, diagrams and more. Included in this engaging resource is a worksheet focusing on each text feature and a classroom poster to display each feature around your 2nd, 3rd or 4th grade classroom. #elementaryisland
You need these writing activities and prompts for your kids this year! Use these monthly writing activities as apart of your writing lessons and document your student's growth throughout the year! This writing journal activity includes surveys for kids, 3 prompts per month, and so much more. Check out the full listing here!
These polar bear activities are a great addition to your polar animal activities. You will find nonfiction passages, graphic organizers, vocabulary resources with real images, and so much more. check these out for your 1st or 2nd graders.