Fiction and Non Fiction

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During the course of reading lessons, the children are experiencing reading both fiction and non fiction text. 


Fiction stories help us to identify characters, setting, problem and solution.  The stories help to build fluency in reading as well.  The children also practice using inference to help determine the meaning of the story and to build comprehension skills.  Writing a story sentence in a journal is an activity we often do during lessons.

Non fiction stories help us to learn new facts about topics of interest.  The children are learning the components of a non fiction text , such as the table of contents, glossary, bold words, photographs and labels.  Many new vocabulary words are learned by reading non fiction text.  Students will often post their new learning using post its on a board in our room to share with others in our group.   

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