Non-fiction texts/Informational reports

My students have been deconstructing non-fiction texts.  We found that informational texts include many features to help the reader find facts quickly (index, glossary, subtitles, table of contents), and features that help a reader to understand the facts more clearly (pictures, labelled diagrams, cutaways, close ups, captions etc.)  Students became detectives and did a scavenger hunt to find the features of non-fiction books in our classroom.  From there we created success criteria that we would need to write our own non-fiction reports. Here are some of the anchor charts I created to guide the kids.

Jumping In!

Well, it's something I've always wanted to try,  so I'm going to forge ahead and dip my toe into the blogging pool!  I've found so many generous blogger teachers who share and network, and this online sharing has been a real source of inspiration and professional learning.  I thought it about time I put myself out there to 'pay it forward' / pay back the generosity, and to get feedback on my own teaching.  So here goes!