Reading Nonfiction:

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Reading Non-fiction Learning and Understanding
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Why non-fiction.

• To capitalize on the natural inquiry process of
  students
• It is an important life skillmost of adult
  reading is non-fiction
• It generates higher level thinking skills
• Students often gather together around a common
  interest

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Academic purposes

• To satisfy curiosity
• To understand our world
• To expand vocabulary
• To make life connections
• As a model for non-fiction writing
• Non-fiction Matters, Stephanie Harvey, p. 70

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Strategies to help readers

• Activate background knowledgeKWL charts Make it
  relevant to the unit
• Oceans

Have learned
Want to Know
What I Know
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Where to locate resources for books and keep your
checkbook in the black!

• Scholastic/Troll book bonus points
• Grants
• Yard sales
• Clearance tables at bookstores
• Library sales
• Bargain bookstores

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Questioning strategies

• Thin questionsanswers can be found in the text?
  (What are the names of the oceans?)
• Thick questionsanswers that require the students
  to use higher level thinking strategies(What
  would happen if a country could control the
  oceans near them?)
• Inference questions--(What is the difference
  between an ocean and a lake?)
• Questions that require further research(How is
  the problem of pollution affecting our ocean?)
• Non-fiction Matters, Stephanie Harvey

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How to promote nonfiction reading
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Reading Non-fiction Learning and Understanding
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What is non-fiction?

• Non-fiction writing is
• Capable of being verified
• Is true
• Can be documented

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How will non-fiction reading help me?

• It will help me find the answers to those what
  if questions
• It is an important life skillmost of adult
  reading is non-fiction
• It makes your brain work a little harder and
  develops higher level thinking skills
• Its about YOU and what interests YOU!

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Strategies to success

• Make connections to yourself (T-S)

• Make connections to the world (T-W)

Make connections to text(another book)
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Thinking about thinking

• VisualizingSometimes it helps to get pictures in
  your mind as you read. Make a video of what you
  are reading or read it aloud to yourself.

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Questioning strategies

• Thin questionsanswers can be found in the text?
  (What are the names of the oceans?)
• Thick questionsanswers that require the students
  to use higher level thinking strategies(What
  would happen if a country could control the
  oceans near them?)
• Inference questions--(What is the difference
  between an ocean and a lake?)
• Questions that require further research(How is
  the problem of pollution affecting our ocean?)

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Are you ready to learn and tackle a secret code?

• Armed with your Post It notes, you are ready to
  tackle non-fiction books.

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Deciphering the reading code

• As you read, you need to begin to thinkthink
  about the text that you are reading. Does it
  make sense? Is it connected to your life?Do
  you have any questions?Are there any areas that
  surprise you?Are there any areas in which you
  want to learn more?

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The Secret Codes

• --interesting
• BKbackground knowledge
• ?question
• C-confused
• I-important
• L-learning something new
• W-I wonder about
• S-I am surprised

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Thinking out of the box

• As you read, you need to begin to thinkthink
  about the text that you are reading.
• Does it make sense?
• Is it connected to your life?
• Do you have any questions?
• Are there any areas that surprise you?
• Are there any areas in which you want to learn
  more?

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Putting the practice to work!

• On the inside cover of your Wonder
• write the codes. If you have any ideas for
  different codes, please share them.

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How to highlight

• Look carefully at the first and last line of each
  paragraph.
• Highlight only the necessary words and phrases.
• Dont get thrown off by interesting details.
• Dont over-highlight.
• Non-fiction Matters, Stephanie Harvey, p. 76

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Cockroaches are really yucky. They look
disgusting.They crawl over food left out in
kitchens and people have very hard time getting
rid of hem. But,like it are not, cockroaches are
truly amazing creatures. Non-fiction Matters,
Stephanie Harvey, p. 76
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Few animals age better equipped for life
on earth than they are. The can live almost
everywhere,eat almost everything, and survive for
weeks on almost nothing. They can withstand heat
waves an cold spells. And in tests, they survive
radiation a hundred times strong that what it
takes to kill a human.
Non-fiction Matters, Stephanie Harvey, p. 76
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When cockroaches scatter, they scurry away on
long, strong legs at nearly one foot per second.
At the same time they flatten themselves as thin
as a dime and squeeze safely through cracks and
crevices. Cockroaches are so successful at
staying alive they they have survived for more
than 350 million yearssince before the age of
dinosaurs,.
Non-fiction Matters, Stephanie Harvey, p. 76
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Clues
Fonts and special effects Illustrations and
diagrams Textual clues such as for example,
therefore, in fact, in conclusion, most
important.
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Debriefing

• Why is it important to learn how to read
  non-fiction literature?
• What are clues that help us understand
  non-fiction literature?

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THE END!!!