Lesson 3: Identifying Information in Nonfiction
Lesson Plan
- Learning Goal
- Identify facts learned from a nonfiction text.
- Duration
- Approximately 50 minutes
- Necessary Materials
- Provided: Independent Practice Worksheet
Not Provided: Nature’s Food Chains: What Polar Animals Eat, Life Cycle of a Frog, Froggy Goes to School, nonfiction books at each student’s reading level
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Teacher Modeling
will review what we have learned about fiction and nonfiction books and how to identify them. I will explain that we read these texts differently. I will explain that nonfiction books give us information in words and pictures. I will also explain that it is very important to look at the pictures and all of the words, even if they are outside the main text. I will also explain that it is very important to stop and think about what you are learning after each page. I will model how to read and think about what I am learning from Nature’s Food Chains: What Polar Animals Eat, stopping on page 11. Note: Be sure to model how to read the labeled diagrams about the food chain.
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Think Check
Ask: "How did I identify what I learned from a nonfiction book?" Students should respond that you read the book and thought about the facts that are right there in the text.
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Guided Practice
will work together to read and discuss what we are learning from the rest of the book. We will discuss the text, pictures, and diagrams on each page.
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Independent Practice
will read a nonfiction book at your level and record one fact you learn from the text and one fact you learn from the pictures or diagrams. (Independent Practice Worksheet is provided.)
Standards Alignment
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