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Fiction and Non-Fiction Pocket Chart Activity

I was doing some early “spring cleaning” over winter break, and came across an old pocket chart that I used when I was teaching in the classroom.  A flood of ideas came to me while I was on break on how I could use the pocket chart in the library with some of the lessons…

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Understanding the Difference Between Fiction and Non-Fiction

Do your kids have trouble understanding the difference between Fiction and Non-Fiction?   Does it seem to happen EVERY YEAR, even though you KNOW you taught it, talked about it, reviewed it, played games with it, gave them time to investigate and practice together, and any other number of activities?  Despite all that effort, do you…

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Fiction and Non-Fiction Story Elements

Teaching kids the difference between Fiction and Non-Fiction happens in all grade, Kinder through 5th. Despite that, kids still seem to have problems understanding these differences. This activity includes a series of posters that explain WHY we read each type, HOW we read each type, and WHAT elements are involved in each type.

Fiction and Non-Fiction Activity Set

Help kids learn the difference between Fiction and Non-Fiction with this activity set.  It includes 2 definition posters, 2 sets of bookmarks (1 for Fiction and 1 for NF), and 5 sets of matching game cards (with 8 cards in each set)

Improving Fiction and Non-Fiction – Part 2

(This is a continuation of my blog “Improving  Fiction and Non-Fiction-Part 1″ which you can find here.)      The next step I wanted to improve was how I taught the story elements for both Fiction and Non-Fiction books.  Last year I created an interactive anchor chart that I used in the beginning as we were…

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