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NONFICTION FAVORITESBest Books for Kindergarten through Grade 5

Michael Williams – Central Dauphin School District

A little bit about myself

2nd grade teacher Language Arts Committee Chair Co-President of Capital Reading Council Co-Chair of Exemplary Reading Program

Committee Vice President of Keystone State Reading

Association

Take a minute to write down at least 5 books that you enjoy reading aloud or using in the classroom with your students.

Your favorite children’s books…

Why is nonfiction so important? Stronger emphasis on informational text

in the PA Core Standards High interest for ALL students Motivates struggling readers Connections to various content areas Connections to fiction texts “Real life” reading

Take a moment and brainstorm a list of different types or genres of nonfiction.

What is nonfiction?

Nonfiction is…

Reference books Informational texts Instructional texts Narrative texts Biography Poetry True stories Magazines Fairy Tales, Legends, etc.

How can nonfiction be used? Learn more about a topic Provide “facts” based on a topic from a

fictional story Research Vocabulary Reading to learn Compare/contrast to same topic/different

genre Writing

Best Books for Nonfiction

Brothers at Bat Here Come the Girl

Scouts! Independent

Dames Rachel: The Story

of Rachel Carson The Legend of the

Teddy Bear Butternut Hollow

Pond

Just A Second Becoming Babe Ruth UnBEElievables Helen’s Big World:

The Life of Helen Keller

Rutherford B., Who Was He?

The Diary of a Young Girl

Penguins

Nonfiction Authors

Debbie S. Miller http://www.debbiemilleralaska.com

Brian Floca http://www.brianfloca.com/index.html

Jim Arnosky http://www.jimarnosky.com

Seymour Simon http://www.seymoursimon.com

Sneed Collard http://www.sneedbcollardiii.com

Steve Swinburne http://www.steveswinburne.com

Gail Gibbons http://www.gailgibbons.com

How would you use this book? Select a book

from the display Imagine that you

were using this book in your classroom

Complete the 3-2-1 about the book

Share

3 ways you could use the book

2 activities you could try with your class

1 concern you may have about using the book

BEST Professional Resource Book

Take a moment and list three important points about using nonfiction in the classroom and then write what you feel is the most important thing that you have learned today.

The most important thing is…

Thank you!

Michael WilliamsMJW23LVC@hotmail.com

Questions?