1. Reading Nonfiction: Notice and Note
By Kylene Beers & Roberts Probst
Presented by Lisa Pershan
March 18, 2016

2. Survey

3. Fiction vs. Nonfiction
“Fiction invites us into the writer’s imagined world; nonfiction intrudes into ours…” Bob Probst

4. So…what is nonfiction?
“Non-fiction is a text where the author purports to tell us about the real word, real experience, a real person, an idea, or a belief.”
Notice: There is no mention about the text being about something real. The author intention is to tell you something real.

5. What questions are you asking yourself?

6. What do you already know?

7. What challenged, changed, or confirmed what I already knew?

9. Rigor vs. Relevance
Rigor is not achieved by giving the student a harder text; rigor resides in the energy and attention the reader brings to the text.
Getting kids’ attention is about creating interest; keeping their attention is about relevance.

11. Can this happen when reading a non-fiction text?
What are positives and negative if this happens with a non-fiction text?

12. How to approach a nonfiction text
What did you learn?
Would you read more books like this?
What illustrations did you find interesting?
What are three facts you learned?
What are three facts you already knew?
How is the text structured?
What is the date of the information?
Who is the author?
Did the author persuade you?

13. How to approach a nonfiction text
What did you learn?
Would you read more books like this?
What illustrations did you find interesting?
What are three facts you learned?
What are three facts you already knew?
How is the text structured?
What is the date of the information?
Who is the author?
Did the author persuade you?
System overload

14. Reading with a questioning stance
What surprised me?
What did the author think I already knew?
What changed, challenged, or confirmed what I already knew?

15. What surprised me?

16. What did the author think I already knew?

17. What changed, challenged, or confirmed what I already knew?

18. Let’s focus on ONE…

19. Why start with surprises?
It is easy to overlook what is expected
There are several kinds of surprises
I didn’t know that!
Really? Is that true?!
Oh!! Now I get it!
I hadn’t thought of it that way. How could anyone think that way? This surprises me. Is there another way to see this?

20. Let’s try one
Vampires Prey on Panama By Chris Kraul Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Time
Kraul, C. Vampires Prey on Panama In Beers, K. & Probst, R.E. (2016) Reading nonfiction: Notice and note stances, signposts, and strategies. Heinemann: Portsmouth, NH.

21. How would this work for you?
Would your students benefit from this?
How does this apply to science?
How does this apply to social studies?