I remember walking into the library with my kids when they were young. My son was maybe 8 or 9 and he headed right to the nonfiction section. After choosing a few books, he sat down and started reading. I said to him, "Come, why don't we look for a fun book for you to read?" He looked at me quizzically and said, "These are fun."
Can you tell I wasn't a teacher then? I've come a long way in my appreciation of nonfiction books, and honestly, narrative nonfiction is probably my favorite genre today. I love the mix of storytelling combined with learning about a person, topic, or event. It's like a two-for-one special, a great story combined with history or with science!
That's why I'm encouraging you to consider nonfiction books for your classroom. They're great for:
- read alouds
- complement a topic you're teaching
- introduce your students to this genre
- they're filled with wonderful stories
- independent reading
- for some of your students, this is where their reading interests lie
- some students want to dig deeper into something they learned about
- some students need their reading choices stretched
- small group reading
- students can delve deeply into the same topic by having each group read a different book on the same topic
- some students prefer to read nonfiction
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