It's been several months since my last blog post. But, no
excuses! Just happy to share again... We just started really
getting into non-fiction in my class. Although my students have
been exposed to non-fiction texts all year, I am now on a
mission to make them "Non-Fiction Know-It-Alls"! My district
will be adopting the Common Core standards next year. However,
I'm trying to get a jump start with the new standards. I am
working on different ways to expose my kiddos to non-fiction
texts. We have started with Scholastic News. I have been using
the following two printables to help them summarize and
understand non-fiction texts. This week we will really get into
the different non-fiction text features. I plan to use the
following note sheets to have them take notes and record
examples This last printable is based on the 4th grade common
core standards for reading informative texts. My students are
truly going to be non-fiction know-it-alls and common core
ready! Click on the pics to share these non-fiction reso