Throughout this year we are learning to distinguish the difference between fiction and non-fiction books as well as how to read each genre for its intended purpose. Common Core instruction places an emphasis on using non-fiction texts for research and informational writing and children's ability to cite sources to support what they learn. You will find children in our classroom regularly stopping mid-sentence, reaching for a book and saying, "Wait, I want to show you what page I know that from." They will do this with both fiction and non-fiction, but it is non-fiction text for which we want children using to support their opinion.
In a fiction book we look for the beginning, middle and end of the story structure. We make predictions about the characters and events during our reading. A non-fiction text is organized around a specific topic and teaches us something where we gain new learning. It is organized with a table of contents, an index and sometimes a glossary or headings on pages that guide us to learning the big idea. We ask ourselves, "What did we learn? and How can we use that information?" after reading the text and cite pages on which we find information.
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