Teaching Nonfiction: 5 Must-Try Ideas for the Elementary Classroom

Teachers spend so.much.time on teaching fiction reading skills & strategies. But the reality is - most of our life is spent reading nonfiction text. Whether it’s a dinner recipe or a manual to try to fix the TV remote control settings that your toddler screwed up (again!) — nonfiction reading skills are not just needed for the classroom, but REAL life! We should be spending an equal amount of time on nonfiction reading skills & strategies as we do fiction. Because we read...