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Beth

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Michigan

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3rd grade

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PreK-5th

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Kansas

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2nd grade

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Materials and Lesson Ideas for Teaching Nonfiction Texts

By Beth Newingham on March 15, 2012

Teach the conventions of nonfiction with these resources and ideas, including great mini-lessons and anchor chart/bulletin board ideas.

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Comprehension Strategies for Reading Nonfiction Texts

By Beth Newingham on March 14, 2012

Enable students to construct meaning from nonfiction with these classroom-proven strategies.

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Have Students Create Their Own Text Structures Books

By Beth Newingham on March 13, 2012

Teach students to recognize text structures in magazine and newspaper articles by having them compile examples in text structures books.

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Have Students Create Their Own Nonfiction Text Features Books

By Beth Newingham on March 10, 2012

To help students learn nonfiction text features, have them cut out examples from magazines and paste them into blank versions of Text...

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Teaching Students to Recognize Different Nonfiction Text Structures

By Beth Newingham on March 8, 2012

Teach the most common structures found in nonfiction texts using text structure posters.

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Plan a Nonfiction "Text Feature" Scavenger Hunt

By Beth Newingham on March 7, 2012

Help students navigate nonfiction texts with a text features scavenger hunt.

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Teaching Text Features to Help Students Navigate Nonfiction Texts

By Beth Newingham on March 6, 2012

Before tackling nonfiction, show students the tools they will need to understand common features of these texts.

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Why Nonfiction Reading Is Important

By Beth Newingham on March 3, 2012

Help students become successful at school and in the “real world” by encouraging them to read nonfiction.

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Evaluating Internet Resources

By Beth Newingham on March 1, 2012

Help your students learn how to evaluate a website's worth before using it for research.

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