Nonfiction writing

Sentence Starters and Transitions Anchor Chart for Informational Writing! Helps Grade 1-3 students transition from their topic sentence, to points, facts, and closing. Great support for independent writing.

Before studying to become a reading specialist, I had never explicitly been taught nonfiction text structures as a student and I also hadn’t been taught the importance of teaching them to our students as an

Whether you're just getting started or halfway through this WIP, try these methods to land on the best way to structure your nonfiction book.

Looking for ways to motivate students to read? Try these five free nonfiction articles to use in your classroom. No prep and ready to go!

Elements Of A Good Nonfiction Book | Here are the 10 components of a great nonfiction #writing #books #selfpublishing #writingcommunity

Writing Introductions to Non-Fiction Writing Pieces We are currently working on a non-fiction writing unit, and the students are loving it! We have been working on our introductions for our President Research Reports using one of the lessons in the unit from the Lucy Calkins units of study Nonfiction Writing Anchor Charts We started with a mini-lesson where we explored various non-fiction mentor texts looking for ways authors wrote their introductions. Then we made an anchor chart which I…

Informative Writing is one of the most important types of writing we teach our students. In this post I'm sharing 5 tips for How to Teach Informative Writing and details about the Informational Writing Mini-Unit resources created for kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students. #informationalwriting #firstgradewriting #secondgradewriting #literacycenters

Text Features Reference Sheet FREEBIE!Provide your students with this comprehensive text features reference sheet to use when introducing nonfiction text to your class.

Do your students need help understanding the differences between fiction vs nonfiction texts? These ideas & activities are perfect for making an anchor chart for your classroom as your students are learning to distinguish between fiction and nonfiction.

An early lesson you want to teach your students is the difference in books that tell stories and books that give information. I have found that the best way to teach this is within context of different types of texts. Let's read more about some resources that I have used to teach the differences in the two types, as well as meet our pesky friend, the BOOK BANDIT! We begin the unit learning the text features of both types of texts by creating this anchor chart and using real text examples to…