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Begin the lesson by asking the class about their knowledge of fiction, or stories about imaginary events.Using the T-chart, have students help you list the characteristics of fiction. Write correct responses under the Fiction heading on the T-chart. Make sure to include the following: imaginary settings, impossible characters (like talking animals), and unrealistic actions.Ask students about their knowledge of nonfiction, or stories about real events.Under the Nonfiction heading on the T-chart, work with students to list characteristics specific to nonfiction. Make sure to include the following: dates, characters that exist in real life, and realistic actions.Explain that this lesson will involve using authors writing habits to determine how fiction and nonfiction can be compared and contrasted.BeginningProvide a phrase bank for students to sort into the Fiction and Nonfiction T-chart.IntermediateDefine compare, contrast, fiction, nonfiction, and authors writing habits in student-friendly terms, or in their home language, if applicable, Next week at the RBE Library, our 3rd graders will be coming into the library to learn more about certain genres. As they start reading a broader range of books this year, we want them to be able to identify what genre their books are from. With reading time during reader s workshop, students will begin exploring books from various genres.In the lesson in the library, we will look at books from the library and talk about the characteristics of each genre. Students will create a mind map type graphic organizer to describe the characteristics of the various genres.After we talk about each genre and complete our mind map, students will perform a genre sort at their tables.The students will be given the Learning About Genres Activity to identify text examples of the different genres which they will either complete in the library or the classroom.The genres we will be studying are from Beth Newinghams website. You can go to her site here: http:hil.troy.k12.mi.usstaffbnewinghammyweb3Genres to Learn:MysteryFantasyScience FictionRealistic FictionHistorical FictionTraditional LiteratureInformationalPoetryBiography Name that Genre CardsGenres to Learn Presentation Whoops! Were sorry but Epic doesnt work properly without JavaScript enabled. Check your web browsers settings to make sure its enabled. In order to continue enjoying our site, we ask that you confirm your identity as a human. Thank you very much for your cooperation. Help students understand the differences between fiction vs nonfiction texts. These teaching ideas & activities are perfect for making an anchor chart as your students are learning to distinguish between fiction and nonfiction. Hello Friend!A lot has changed in the classroom since the implementation of the Common Core Standards. While I may not love all of the changes, one shift I do think is positive is the greater emphasis on reading and writing informational texts. In the past, 80% of the texts read in class were fiction. Now, the Common Core Standards aim for reading materials to be 50% fiction and 50% nonfiction.I love sharing informational texts with my students because it is an easy way for me to connect with them and share in their interests. There is great excitement in the air when together we can learn new information and build our background knowledge.Today Im eager to share with you the day-to-day details and resources I used to teach my nonfiction unit! So lets get started!How I Teach Fiction Vs. Non-FictionI begin the unit I make sure my students understand what makes a text fiction or nonfiction. After modeling how I know, students turn and talk to a partner to explain how they know the text type. I then add these posters to our focus wall. Videos to Teach Fiction vs. Non-FictionThese videos are an engaging way to dive into the topic!Harry Kindergarten is always a favorite! This video has short clips of Happy Feet 2 and March of the Penguins- an engaging springboard to get students to differentiate fiction vs. nonfiction! spacer height=20px How to Teach Non-Fiction Text FeaturesOn Day 2 my plan was to teach the features of nonfiction texts. I asked my students, What are text features? I looked out and saw blank stares…heard nothing but crickets….But dont worry, this actually excited me! I love when no one already knows what I am about to teach. 🙂Prior to this mini lesson I made this anchor chart with just the text features pasted on.I shrunk the posters down and printed 4 to a page. I did not prewrite the post-its on the poster, instead my students and I created the notes together as we discovered, discussed, and determined each text features purpose.It took 4 mini lessons to determine what these text features were and to understand how they help us while reading nonfiction texts. I hung our anchor chart in a low space that was accessible to my students while working in the classroom.I also printed the text feature posters out and put them on a ring. The ring hung on my whiteboard in the front of my classroom so students could easily access then at anytime.Comparing Fiction and Non-FictionNow that my readers had a good foundation of identifying nonfiction books and text features, we moved on to comparing fiction to nonfiction texts. These two familiar books on butterflies were perfect to use as examples of each text type.In first grade students must be able to explain major differences between fiction and nonfiction texts. To support them I premade the beginning of our anchor chart to compare texts. As my students discovered the differences between the butterfly texts, we filled out the chart together.Get these FICTION VS NONFICTION printables hereLater they sorted the attributes on their own chart.I used this printable in a literacy center. It also served as a great resource for having them share their thinking with a partner. This printable made a good assessment that I shared with parents at conferences.I recognize prepping these materials can take A LOT of time! Thats why Ive created resources to help you. These three resources for teaching about non-fiction are ready to print and teach! Grab them below! Looking for more ways to teach your students about informational texts? Take a look at this post where I share 5 tips for How to Teach Informative Writing and provide details about the Informational Writing Mini-Unit resources I have created for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students. Learning about informational texts is so important for our students. I hope these resources will help make it fun and easy for you to teach your students about the genre. When we give our students plenty of opportunities to read and write non-fiction in their younger years, we are setting them to successfully tackle the content-specific texts they will encounter in their later years! Thanks for reading,
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