Readers Get Information and Grow Ideas from Nonfiction Texts 2nd Grade Reading Unit of Study Unit 5 Readers Get Information and Grow Ideas from Nonfiction Texts Teaching Point Charts by Barbara Gurian, Plumb Elementary RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text

RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 1 Readers recognize the differences between fiction and nonfiction books by comparing and contrasting the two types of books. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 1

RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text – TP 1A *”Not false… True” * Real or true facts *Informative *Based on facts * about real things, people, events, or places *Things that happened *photographs *Index *Illustrations * Diagram/map * Captions *Glossary *Section headings *Different kinds of print (Italics, underlined, bold large) * False… *Make believe *Imagination *Can sound true *Can have facts *Story isn’t true *has elements of fiction… - characters - plot - setting - theme - style Pictures not realistic, but can be photographs *Animals sometimes talk Book Or Literature Found in a library Authors Illustrators Photographers Can have Chapters RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text – TP 1A

Features of Nonfiction and How They Help Us Read Table of contents Front Helps us find the part of the book we are looking for Index End Helps us find the information we are looking for by giving page numbers Photograph Anywhere Helps us picture the information Illustration Helps us understand the information Diagram/Map Caption Near photos, illustrations, diagrams Helps us understand what is going on in photo, illustration, diagram Glossary End, usually Helps us understand tricky words Section heading Beginning of new sections Helps us get our minds ready for the information that follows Different kinds of print (bold, Italics, underlined, large) Helps us notice that certain words or parts are important RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 1B

Readers warm up their minds by previewing the text and looking for and learning from pictures, diagrams, graphs, etc. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 2 Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 11

Readers find information they are looking for by using the index and table of contents. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 3 Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 17

Readers decide where they will begin reading in their nonfiction book (not necessarily front to back) by first determining their purpose. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 4 Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 20

Readers warm up their minds by thinking about what they think they know and what they want to learn about a topic. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 5 Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 14

RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 6 Reading partners warm up their minds before they begin reading by talking to each other about what they already know. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 6

Reading partners make the most of their reading time by setting goals and making plans for their reading. RUS - Uit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 7 Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 – page 21

Readers keep track of the information about their topics by jotting notes on post-it notes or in a notebook. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 8 Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 27

RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 9 Readers find new information by using features of nonfiction (captions, diagrams, graphs, headings, index, etc.) RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 9

Readers gather information by skimming and scanning nonfiction texts looking for key words. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 10 Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 29

Readers summarize what they have read by asking questions and looking for the most important details. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 11 Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 32

RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 12 Readers make sure they understand what they read by stopping often to THINK. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 12

RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 13 Readers make sure they understand what the author is saying by putting what they’ve read into their own words. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 13

RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 14 Readers learn more about their topic by thinking about the information they have collected, asking themselves new questions, and searching for answers to their new questions. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 14

Readers know exactly when things happen by reading a calendar. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text MM, 437R

Readers learn specific places by reading a map in nonfiction texts. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 16 MM, 73R, 74-77

Reading & Writing “Nonfiction” Celebration RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text