During Readers Workshop this month,
we will be focusing on non-fiction books. We started our unit by comparing
fiction books to non-fiction books to see the difference between these texts.
The students learned that non-fiction books have special features like a table
of contents, headings, diagrams, photographs, captions, labels, and an index.
The students will use these non-fiction text features to preview their books
and think about what they will learn, figure out the big idea the author is
trying to teach them, and practice taking notes about the important facts they
learn. The students will still be reading their leveled fiction books during
this unit to continue working on their reading jobs and developing greater
fluency.