1. Nonfiction VS Fiction
How to determine if a book is nonfiction or fiction.
Grade 3 Library Lesson

2. How To Tell If A Book Is Nonfiction?
Realistic pictures.
Facts.
Animals in the book do not talk.

3. How To Tell If A Book Is Fiction?
Pictures are not realistic.
Opinions are often used in the book.
Animals in the book talk.

4. Lesson Plan
Read the book The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle (Fiction).
Read Monster Bugs by Lucille Recht Penner (Nonfiction).
Do a Venn Diagram on the differences in the two books.

5. The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle
The pictures do not look realistic.
Opinions are stated.
The crickets have feelings.

6. Monster Bugs by Lucille Recht Penner
The pictures look realistic.
Facts about many different bugs are mentioned.

7. What Do Both Books Have In Common?
Both books are about bugs.

8. Follow Up Activity Read Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey (Fiction).
Read Dogs by Melanie Miller (Nonfiction).
Have the students do a Venn Diagram on the books.