Genre Kindergarten Unit

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Genre Kindergarten Unit

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Lesson 1: Real and Make-Believe Classify and categorize based on real and make-believe.

Lesson 2: Fiction Identify and describe a fiction text.

Go, Dog. Go!

Lesson 3: Nonfiction Identify and describe a nonfiction text.

Your Pet Dog

Your Pet Dog

Lesson 4: Distinguishing Fiction and Nonfiction Identify the difference between fiction and nonfiction.

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type

See How they Grow: Calf

See How they Grow: Calf

Unit Extension Ideas

Discuss whether books are fiction or nonfiction in read aloud sessions and reading groups. Have students explain how they recognize these genres.

In the Genre Studies Unit, discuss whether a book from a specific genre (fairy tale, biography) is fiction or nonfiction and how students can determine the difference.

Have students sort books in the classroom library based on genre and explain their reasoning. Create a class list of fiction and nonfiction books and post the list in the classroom.

Tell a story about a familiar activity (gym class), making one a fiction story and the other a nonfiction story. Ask students to explain the differences between the two versions.

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Classroom Display

More Books for Teaching Genre

How Teddy Bears Are Made: A Visit to the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory

How Teddy Bears Are Made: A Visit to the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory

Lexile: 560L

Noisy Nora

Fountas and Pinnell: I
Lexile: 320L

Bread and Jam for Frances

Fountas and Pinnell: K
Lexile: 490L

Let's Go to the Zoo

Let's Go to the Zoo

Lexile: 100L

Harriet and the Roller Coaster

Fountas and Pinnell: K
Lexile: 330L

Martha Speaks

Lexile: 420L

Koko's Kitten

Lexile: 610L

Autumn (Seasons of the Year)

Autumn (Seasons of the Year)

Sheep in a Jeep

Fountas and Pinnell: G
Lexile: 120L

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