Readers Get Information and Grow Ideas from Nonfiction Texts

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Readers Get
Informationand Grow Ideasfrom Nonfiction Texts
2nd Grade Reading Unit of Study Unit 5

• Teaching Point Charts
• by Barbara Gurian,
• Plumb Elementary

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• Readers recognize the differences between
  fiction and nonfiction books by comparing and
  contrasting the two types of books.

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Non-Fiction
Fiction
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
isnt 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
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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 Anywhere Helps us understand the information
Diagram/Map Anywhere Helps us understand the information
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) Anywhere Helps us notice that certain words or parts are important
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Readers warm up their minds by previewing the
text and looking for and learning from pictures,
diagrams, graphs, etc.
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Readers find information they are looking for by
using the index and table of contents.
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Readers decide where they will begin reading
in their nonfiction book (not necessarily
front to back) by first determining their
purpose.
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• Readers warm up their minds by thinking
  about what they think they know and what they
  want to learn about a topic.

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Reading partners warm up their minds before they
begin reading by talking to each other about what
they already know.
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Reading partners make the most of their reading
time by setting goals and making plans for
their reading.
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Readers keep track of the information about
their topics by jotting notes on post-it notes or
in a notebook.
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Readers find new information by using features
of nonfiction (captions, diagrams, graphs,
headings, index, etc.)
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Readers gather information by skimming and
scanning nonfiction texts looking for key words.
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Readers summarize what they have read by
asking questions and looking for the most
important details.
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Readers make sure they understand what they read
by stopping often to THINK.
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Readers make sure they understand what the
author is saying by putting what theyve read
into their own words.
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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.
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Readers know exactly when things happen by
reading a calendar.
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Readers learn specific places by reading a map
in nonfiction texts.
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