Nonfiction Text Features

During this trimester we have shifted our focus during readers' workshop to be mainly focused on nonfiction as opposed to fiction texts. We have been learning about the difference between informational nonfiction and narrative nonfiction (nonfiction that sounds like a story -- biographies are a good example of this) and lately we have been learning about nonfiction text features. When reading at home you might try going on a nonfiction text feature hunt looking for things like the table of contents, glossary, index, headings, labels, captions, photographs, text boxes, and more! The photos below show us working on a text feature hunt with last Friday's Scholastic News Magazine about children's nonfiction author/photographer Nic Bishop. Look for his books at the library. They are great!