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RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text

2nd Grade

Reading Unit of Study

Unit 5

Readers recognize the differences

between fiction and nonfiction

books by comparing and contrasting the

two types of books.

RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 1

RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text – TP 1A

FictionNon-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 isn’t true

*has elements of fiction… - characters - plot - setting - theme - style

Pictures not realistic,but can be photographs

*Animals sometimes talk

BookOr

Literature

Found in a library

AuthorsIllustrators

Photographers

Can haveChapters

RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 1B

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

Features of Nonfiction and How They Help Us Read

Readers warm up their

minds by previewing the text and

looking for and learning from

pictures, diagrams,

graphs, etc. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 2Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 11

Readers find information

they are looking for by using the index and table

of contents.

RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 3Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 17

Readers decide where they will begin

reading in their

nonfiction book

(not necessarily front to back)

by first determining

their purpose.

RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 4 Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 20

Readers warm up their

minds by thinking about

what they think they know and what they

want to learn about a topic.



Reading partners warm up their minds

before they begin reading by talking to each

other about what they

already know.

Reading partners make the most of their reading

time by setting goals

and making plans

for their reading.

RUS - Uit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 7 Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 – page 21

Readers keep track of the information about their topics by

jotting notes on post-it

notes or in a notebook.


Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 27

Readers find new

information by using features of nonfiction

(captions, diagrams, graphs,

headings, index, etc.)


Readers gather information by skimming and

scanning nonfiction texts

looking for key words.


Readers summarize what they have read

by asking

questions and looking for the

most important details.


Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 32

Readers make sure

they understand what they read by stopping often to THINK.


Readers make sure they

understand what the author is

saying by putting what they’ve read into their own

words.


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.


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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Readers Get Information and Grow Ideas from Nonfiction Texts Readers Get Information and Grow Ideas from Nonfiction Texts Teaching Point Charts by Barbara