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Before studying to become a reading specialist, I had never explicitly been taught nonfiction text structures as a student and I also hadn’t been taught the importance of teaching them to our students as an

These are strategies I've used to teach nonfiction text structure efficiently in my classroom, AND my students actually enjoyed the lessons!

Teaching students to write for a specific purpose is one of my favorite skills to teach. Students enjoy drawing sketches that illustrate different writing purposes. See Author'

It is easy to create or search for activities related to fictional literature, but what about informational text?! Most of the activities we find are the same graphic organizers, just to be used with different books. Here are some more hands-on lessons you can use with your students to dive into informational text!

Success criteria. Narrative writing. A great checklist for students before they hand in this piece. Print it off or use it digitally.

Before studying to become a reading specialist, I had never explicitly been taught nonfiction text structures as a student and I also hadn’t been taught the importance of teaching them to our students as an

Get kids writing with our 30 day challenge. The free printable invites children to write a variety of text types with 30 writing prompts. For home or school.

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.

Description Enjoy this FREE, colorful "Non-Fiction Text Structure" Student Reference Sheet to introduce or review the five most common non-fiction text structures! Students can use the signal words and visual reminders on this reference sheet to identify text structures, and integrate the organizational patterns into their own writing. Check out my popular Non-Fiction Text Structure packets: - Description - Sequence & Order - Problem & Solution - Cause & Effect - Compare & Contrast Want them…

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