Non Fiction Matters!

 

 

We are having an interesting time learning about non-fiction.  Las week we looked at several pieces of text and learned how to apply strategies to non-fiction reading.  We compared and contrasted elements of text.  We looked for cause and effect relationships.  We used a timeline to sequence events and learned what signal words signal a particular relationship. 

After learning about Jesse Owens at the wildlife off the coast of New Zealand that was exposed to an oil spill in 2010, this week we will focus on text features, and most importantly what their purpose is.  Their purpose is more than to explain something to us.  There is something specific the diagram or chart or picture is explaining to us. 

My hope is that when your child reads, they will become curious about a topic and want to find everything they can about it.