Help students tackle the textbook with 15 lessons that introduce key nonfiction elements. Colorful transparencies present maps, graphs, diagrams, time lines and other nonfiction text features. High-interest passages give examples of description, time order, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and problem and solution—the five main ways nonfiction texts are organized. Practice pages help students apply what they’ve learned, giving them the experience they need to read and comprehend nonfiction with confidence. For use with Grades 4 &amp; Up.

Teaching Students to Read Nonfiction: Grades 4 and Up: 22 Easy Lessons With Color Transparencies, High-Interest Passages, and Practice ... to Read Textbooks and Other Nonfiction Texts

Education & Teaching

Blevins, Wiley

Boynton, Alice

Schools & Teaching

Scholastic Teaching Resources: Theory and Practice

Presents strategies on teaching students how to read and comprehend nonfiction works, providing lesson plans, activities, and transparencies.

Teaching Students To Read Nonfiction: Grades 2-4

Teaching Resources

Help students read and understand nonfiction with 30 high-interest passages. Get kids reading nonfiction with these 30 high-interest passages on topics such as animals, space, how things are made, and more. Comprehension questions, a graphic organizer, and a writing prompt accompany each selection, providing easily-graded, purposeful homework that's linked to the standards. A must-have resource for any teacher who wants to include more nonfiction in the curriculum-and a great companion to Teaching Students to Read Nonfiction: Grades 2-4. For use with Grades 2-4.

Nonfiction Passages With Graphic Organizers for Independent Practice: Grades 2-4: Selections With Graphic Organizers, Assessments, and Writing ... the Structures and Features of Nonfiction

Teaching Strategies

Teachers will get kids reading nonfiction with these 30 high-interest passages on topics such as survival in space, natural disasters, famous Americans, and more. Comprehension questions, a graphic organizer, and a writing prompt accompany each selection, providing easily-graded, purposeful homework that's linked to the standards. A must-have resource for any teacher who wants to include more nonfiction in their curriculum. For use with Grades 4 &amp; Up.

Nonfiction Passages With Graphic Organizers for Independent Practice: Grades 4 and Up: Selections With Graphic Organizers, Assessments, and Writing ... the Structures and Features of Nonfiction

scholastic

As students progress through the grades, more and more of their reading is done in nonfiction, or expository, materials—content area textbooks, reference books, periodicals, and informative articles on the Internet, for example. Because the main purpose for reading these texts is to acquire information, the reasons for teaching our students efficient and effective strategies for tackling this type of text are compelling. Students need explicit instruction in identifying and best utilizing the text features and text structures they encounter. If students learn to read the signposts that are guides to the organization of a particular piece of nonfiction, they will be better equipped to navigate their way through and comprehend the material. As a complete nonfiction reading worktext program, Navigating Nonfiction will help students get the most out of this genre. Teacher's Guide: • targets critical nonfiction reading skills essential for academic reading success. • contains simple, easy-to-follow instructional routines. • provides explicit teaching models and think-alouds. • highlights key research that supports the program's approach. • includes a full-color poster that features a visual snapshot of the five nonfiction structures. For use with Grade 5.

Navigating Nonfiction Grade 5 Teacher's Guide

Blevins, Alice

Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching Strategies)

As students progress through the grades, more and more of their reading is done in nonfiction, or expository, materials—content area textbooks, reference books, periodicals, and informative articles on the Internet, for example. Because the main purpose for reading these texts is to acquire information, the reasons for teaching our students efficient and effective strategies for tackling this type of text are compelling. Students need explicit instruction in identifying and best utilizing the text features and text structures they encounter. If students learn to read the signposts that are guides to the organization of a particular piece of nonfiction, they will be better equipped to navigate their way through and comprehend the material. 
As a complete nonfiction reading worktext program, Navigating Nonfiction will help students get the most out of this genre. 
Student WorkText: 
• contains 30 weeks of instruction: 10 scaffolded instructional units of 3 weeks each. 
• provides step-by-step strategies for navigating nonfiction. 
• follows a simple 3-step unit organization. Step 1: text feature taught in isolation. Step 2: text feature practiced in context. Step 3: text structure taught in context; text feature included. For use with Grade 5.

Navigating Nonfiction Grade 5 Student WorkText

As students progress through the grades, more and more of their reading is done in nonfiction, or expository, materials—content area textbooks, reference books, periodicals, and informative articles on the Internet, for example. Because the main purpose for reading these texts is to acquire information, the reasons for teaching our students efficient and effective strategies for tackling this type of text are compelling. Students need explicit instruction in identifying and best utilizing the text features and text structures they encounter. If students learn to read the signposts that are guides to the organization of a particular piece of nonfiction, they will be better equipped to navigate their way through and comprehend the material. 
As a complete nonfiction reading worktext program, Navigating Nonfiction will help students get the most out of this genre. 
Teacher's Guide: 
• targets critical nonfiction reading skills essential for academic reading success. 
• contains simple, easy-to-follow instructional routines. 
• provides explicit teaching models and think-alouds. 
• highlights key research that supports the program's approach. 
• includes a full-color poster that features a visual snapshot of the five nonfiction structures. For use with Grade 4.

Navigating Nonfiction Grade 4 Teacher's Guide

Scholastic Teaching Resources

As students progress through the grades, more and more of their reading is done in nonfiction, or expository, materials—content area textbooks, reference books, periodicals, and informative articles on the Internet, for example. Because the main purpose for reading these texts is to acquire information, the reasons for teaching our students efficient and effective strategies for tackling this type of text are compelling. Students need explicit instruction in identifying and best utilizing the text features and text structures they encounter. If students learn to read the signposts that are guides to the organization of a particular piece of nonfiction, they will be better equipped to navigate their way through and comprehend the material. 
As a complete nonfiction reading worktext program, Navigating Nonfiction will help students get the most out of this genre. 
Student WorkText: 
• contains 30 weeks of instruction: 10 scaffolded instructional units of 3 weeks each. 
• provides step-by-step strategies for navigating nonfiction. 
• follows a simple 3-step unit organization. Step 1: text feature taught in isolation. Step 2: text feature practiced in context. Step 3: text structure taught in context; text feature included. For use with Grade 4.

Navigating Nonfiction Grade 4 Student WorkText

As students progress through the grades, more and more of their reading is done in nonfiction, or expository, materials—content area textbooks, reference books, periodicals, and informative articles on the Internet, for example. Because the main purpose for reading these texts is to acquire information, the reasons for teaching our students efficient and effective strategies for tackling this type of text are compelling. Students need explicit instruction in identifying and best utilizing the text features and text structures they encounter. If students learn to read the signposts that are guides to the organization of a particular piece of nonfiction, they will be better equipped to navigate their way through and comprehend the material. As a complete nonfiction reading worktext program, Navigating Nonfiction will help students get the most out of this genre. Teacher's Guide: • targets critical nonfiction reading skills essential for academic reading success. • contains simple, easy-to-follow instructional routines. • provides explicit teaching models and think-alouds. • highlights key research that supports the program's approach. • includes a full-color poster that features a visual snapshot of the five nonfiction structures. For use with Grade 3.

Navigating Nonfiction Grade 3 Teacher's Guide

As students progress through the grades, more and more of their reading is done in nonfiction, or expository, materials—content area textbooks, reference books, periodicals, and informative articles on the Internet, for example. Because the main purpose for reading these texts is to acquire information, the reasons for teaching our students efficient and effective strategies for tackling this type of text are compelling. Students need explicit instruction in identifying and best utilizing the text features and text structures they encounter. If students learn to read the signposts that are guides to the organization of a particular piece of nonfiction, they will be better equipped to navigate their way through and comprehend the material. 
As a complete nonfiction reading worktext program, Navigating Nonfiction will help students get the most out of this genre. 
Student WorkText: 
• contains 30 weeks of instruction: 10 scaffolded instructional units of 3 weeks each. 
• provides step-by-step strategies for navigating nonfiction. 
• follows a simple 3-step unit organization. Step 1: text feature taught in isolation. Step 2: text feature practiced in context. Step 3: text structure taught in context; text feature included. For use with Grade 3.

Navigating Nonfiction Grade 3 Student WorkText

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