Guiding Readers Through Non-fiction

Guiding Readers Through Non-fiction

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  • Author: Dave Leochko
  • Publisher: Portage & Main Press
  • ISBN: 155379124X
  • Category : Guided reading
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 186

Written for grades 4-7 teachers and students, Guiding Readers Through Non-Fiction is an easy-to-use resource. It provides essential background information on the nature of nonfiction and how to use nonfiction in small guided-reading groups. The book is filled with many ready-to-use student handouts, graphic organizers, rubrics, assessment checklists, and planning guidelines. In this resource, you will find: teaching suggestions and strategies to help students engage with various forms of nonfiction necessary information for implementing guided-reading practices in the classroom effective strategies to incorporate successful small-group instruction in the classroom plans and suggestions for structuring the guided-reading lesson


Weekly Reader: Summer Express (Between Grades Prek & K) Workbook

Weekly Reader: Summer Express (Between Grades Prek & K) Workbook

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  • Author: Scholastic Teaching Resources
  • Publisher: Teaching Resources
  • ISBN: 9781338108880
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

Fun and engaging activity pages that reinforce the alphabet, reading, writing, phonics, math skills, and more, and prepare preschoolers for kindergarten! From the editors of Weekly Reader.


Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere!

Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere!

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  • Author: Bob Barner
  • Publisher: Chronicle Books
  • ISBN: 1452104077
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 20

A parade of irresistible penguins—from climates warm and cold—swim, slide, and waddle across the pages of Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere! The enticing combination of bright, playful collage artwork and simple, rhyming text, plus illustrations of all 17 penguin species make this an ideal choice for the youngest readers.


Sea Shapes

Sea Shapes

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  • Author: Suse MacDonald
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • ISBN: 9780152017002
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 36

Shows the different shapes of animals to be found in the ocean.


Reading Response Trifolds for 40 Popular Nonfiction Books, Grades 2-3

Reading Response Trifolds for 40 Popular Nonfiction Books, Grades 2-3

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  • Author: Jennifer Cerra-Johansson
  • Publisher: Teaching Resources
  • ISBN: 9780545448772
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 96

Help kids navigate key text structures and features while they read independently. Help students get the most out of independent reading with these trifold "bookmarks" for 40 nonfiction books at Guided Reading levels K-Q. Each trifold is divided into manageable reading assignments, which guide students through books that focus on such high-interest topics as space, weather, and famous Americans. The assignments target key nonfiction structures and text features- including maps, diagrams, photos, and timelines. Various reading strategies, comprehension questions, and graphic organizers also boost students' understanding of the topic and help them summarize what they read. These tools are a snap to use and will save teachers hours of preparation! For use with Grades 2-3.


Madam C.J. Walker

Madam C.J. Walker

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  • Author: Catherine Nichols
  • Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
  • ISBN: 9780516249414
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 28

Presents a brief biography of Madam C.J. Walker, in simple text with illustrations, describing the life and times of this African-American inventor who created hair-care products for women.


Swing, Sloth!

Swing, Sloth!

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  • Author: Susan B Neuman
  • Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
  • ISBN: 1430130652
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 24

"This quality read-along early reader will introduce children to much more than the sloths of the rain forest, and will encourage them to continue exploring with other books in the series."—School Library Journal


Guided Science Readers Level A

Guided Science Readers Level A

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  • Author: Lydia Carlin
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780545650922
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages :

Presents a collection of sixteen books that cover a variety of science topics--with a focus on animals--and basic concepts, as well as an activity book that ties an exercise to each volume in the set.


The Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction

The Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction

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  • Author: Neal Wyatt
  • Publisher: American Library Association
  • ISBN: 9780838909362
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 340

Navigating what at she calls the " extravagantly rich world of nonfiction," renowned readers' advisor (RA) Wyatt builds readers' advisory bridges from fiction to compelling and increasingly popular nonfiction to encompass the library's entire collection. She focuses on eight popular categories: history, true crime, true adventure, science, memoir, food/cooking, travel, and sports. Within each, she explains the scope, popularity, style, major authors and works, and the subject's position in readers' advisory interviews. Wyatt addresses who is reading nonfiction and why, while providing RAs with the tools and language to incorporate nonfiction into discussions that point readers to what to read next. In easy-to-follow steps, Wyatt Explains the hows and whys of offering fiction and nonfiction suggestions together Illustrates ways to get up to speed fast in nonfiction Shows how to lead readers to a variety of books using her "read-around" and "reading map" strategies Provides tools to build nonfiction subject guides for the collection This hands-on guide includes nonfiction bibliography, key authors, benchmark books with annotations, and core collections. It is destined to become the nonfiction 'bible' for readers' advisory and collection development, helping librarians, library workers, and patrons select great reading from the entire library collection!


Telling True Stories

Telling True Stories

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  • Author: Mark Kramer
  • Publisher: Penguin
  • ISBN: 1440628947
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 337

Interested in journalism and creative writing and want to write a book? Read inspiring stories and practical advice from America’s most respected journalists. The country’s most prominent journalists and nonfiction authors gather each year at Harvard’s Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism. Telling True Stories presents their best advice—covering everything from finding a good topic, to structuring narrative stories, to writing and selling your first book. More than fifty well-known writers offer their most powerful tips, including: • Tom Wolfe on the emotional core of the story • Gay Talese on writing about private lives • Malcolm Gladwell on the limits of profiles • Nora Ephron on narrative writing and screenwriters • Alma Guillermoprieto on telling the story and telling the truth • Dozens of Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists from the Atlantic Monthly, New Yorker, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and more . . . The essays contain important counsel for new and career journalists, as well as for freelance writers, radio producers, and memoirists. Packed with refreshingly candid and insightful recommendations, Telling True Stories will show anyone fascinated by the art of writing nonfiction how to bring people, scenes, and ideas to life on the page.