Would you like to decorate your classroom with fun, hand-drawn anchor charts/posters? Do you simply not have the time to get them done? Well, you have come to the perfect place! I love making these engaging and appealing anchor charts. I also can draw/create any other topic you would like, just contact me directly and ask! My students absolutely love these posters and references them every day. Many of them are visual learners, so the colorful images really help them connect and remember what they have learned. This particular anchor chart is for readers/writers learning all about non-fiction text features. This is a difficult topic for my students so I tried to create a colorful, fun, and engaging anchor chart that will draw them in. This helps them learn about each of the different non-fiction feature and how they can use them to help them better understand non-fiction! **These will be copies unless asked otherwise for a custom poster. They are not laminated, and are printed on normal, anchor chart paper. I ship these out ASAP after being ordered, but please keep in mind once shipped, it is outside of my control. Therefore, if shipping does not meet your expectations, I highly encourage you to please reach out to me first, and we have always been able to work something out to make up for anything that may have occurred after I have sent your package, thanks so much!! Hope you love it :)
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Expository or nonfiction text look different and have different features than fiction books. An expository nonfiction anchor chart can help.
An early lesson you want to teach your students is the difference in books that tell stories and books that give information. I have found that the best way to teach this is within context of different types of texts. Let's read more about some resources that I have used to teach the differences in the two types, as well as meet our pesky friend, the BOOK BANDIT! We begin the unit learning the text features of both types of texts by creating this anchor chart and using real text examples to discuss the differences between the two. I print the anchor chart from the pack as a poster, along with the two mini posters, for students to reference throughout the unit. I printed the sorting cards on cardstock and students helped me attach them to the anchor chart during our whole group discussion. They then completed their own sort below. This is great to glue into their reading journal for additional reference during the unit. I have lots of activities that I use included within the pack, but you don't have to use them in the order laid out in this blog post. ;) The activity below is one I like to always do with a new reading skill. My students become reading detectives during this cooperative group activity. Each group gets an envelope with the following recording sheets and a text, which might be a book or a passage, inside. They work with their group to decide if the book tells a story or gives information. They have to prove their thinking by providing three pieces of evidence from the text. After you do a few rotations of these throughout your unit, you can add it to a learning center for additional practice. Throughout the unit, I kept two bins of books labeled books that tell stories and books that give information. I referred to a few of them during the unit. But at the end of the unit, I threw them all over the classroom for students to walk in and find the next morning with a letter from the Book Bandit! He had came in and made a mess of our sorted books, so it was the students' challenge to sort them back into their proper bins. They had to provide three pieces of evidence from the text to prove their thinking and they attached it to a craft of the Book Bandit that they had made. This was such an engaging activity and a great assessment! I have included lots of other resources in the pack to use during your lessons. Throughout the unit, students pretended to be detectives, so they wore these little badges! We used these interactive notebook pieces for different texts. If you have Scholastic flyers, you can have students sort them in these flapbooks. This is another great quick assessment! We always finish our lessons with an exit ticket for me to quickly assess their understanding of the different features of these two types of texts. After completing a unit, I love to give my students new bookmarks for them to use during independent reading just to remind them of the previous skill taught so that they can independently apply those skills during reading. Click any of the pics in the blogpost to check this resource out! As always, happy teaching and happy reading!
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Do your students need help understanding the differences between fiction vs nonfiction texts? These ideas & activities are perfect for making an anchor chart for your classroom as your students are learning to distinguish between fiction and nonfiction.
K-1 NONFICTION WRITING My nonfiction writing unit is here! This is the perfect way to introduce kindergarten and first grade students to what informational writing is. This unit is so engaging for students because it uses real life photographs and animals. We discus
Use this anchor chart to teach students in upper elementary
Reading nonfiction texts can be overwhelming for students, especially when it comes to a topic they are unfamiliar with at a reading a level that is even slightly above theirs. With a push to read
Teaching informational writing doesn't have to be tough in 1st and 2nd grade. Use these topics, graphic organizers, and activities to begin!
These Writing Strategies Posters and Interactive Anchor Charts are a must-have for introducing and reinforcing tons of important writing strategies with your growing writers. Printing flexibility allows for either printing full-page writing posters, interactive anchor charts, or mini (half page) posters/anchor charts for students' notebooks! Now you can introduce a lesson with a poster or anchor chart, while students are able to interact with them at the same time in their own writing notebooks! Adding them to their own notebooks is the perfect way for students to have easy access to ALL lessons taught, so you don't have to worry about keeping every poster on display throughout the year. Be sure to take a look at the product preview for a closer look! 32 Writing Strategies Terms Posters/Anchor Charts Include: Small Moments Explode the Moment Show, Don’t Tell Use Dialogue Use Quotes in Nonfiction Use Transitions Create Sensory Images Use Vivid Details Use Figurative Language Use Precise Language Use Sentence Variety Create a Sequence of Events Use a Hook Summarize Retell Set the Tone Set the Mood Set a Purpose Write to Your Audience Paraphrase Use Your Own Author’s Craft Use Literary Devices Use Characterization Use Foreshadowing Use Flashbacks Create a Strong Ending R.A.C.E. or R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy (Both Options) Cite Evidence O.R.E.O. or O.R.E.R.E.O. Opinion Writing Strategy (Both Options) Hamburger Model Paragraph Writing 2 Versions: Two versions are included for the posters - one with more details (more text) and one with less text (larger font). 4 Formats: Full-Page Posters, Full-Page Interactive Anchor Charts, Half Page Posters or Anchor Charts, and a digital Google Slides™ format This product is available at a discount in the Writing Posters Bundle, and at an even larger discount in the Reading & Writing Visuals Bundle! Check out these Writing Strategies Graphic Organizers that go along with the posters above!
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Do your students need help understanding the differences between fiction vs nonfiction texts? These ideas & activities are perfect for making an anchor chart for your classroom as your students are learning to distinguish between fiction and nonfiction.
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Expository or nonfiction text look different and have different features than fiction books. An expository nonfiction anchor chart can help.
These anchor charts will help you answer all your students' questions about nonfiction.
Reading nonfiction texts can be overwhelming for students, especially when it comes to a topic they are unfamiliar with at a reading a level that is even slightly above theirs. With a push to read
