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Non-fiction Matters by Marc Aronson and Sue Bartlett. Knowledge is always changing . We need to help students see non-fiction as alive, not dead facts. It is a living process of inquiry based on rules of fairness, evidence, and argument. 50% Non-fiction Evidence Argument
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Non-fiction MattersbyMarc Aronson and Sue Bartlett Knowledge is always changing. We need to help students see non-fiction as alive, not dead facts. It is a living process of inquiry based on rules of fairness, evidence, and argument.
50% Non-fiction Evidence Argument Point of View
Notice in Both Fiction and NF • Youngest children learn to observe details • Then identify approach (who speaking, what evidence, how used) • Then recognize POV • Then compare and contrast POVs
Grade Level Sequencing – Non-fiction • Kindergarten: identify details in text • With help, identify similarities and differences in two books on same subject • 1st grade: compare and contrast two books on same subject • 2nd grade: identify how author supports statements
3rd grade: differentiate reader’s POV from author’s • 4th grade: compare first and secondhand accounts of an event or topic • 5th analyze multiple accounts of the same event – note similarities or differences
Clustering is the art of exploring a topic by pulling together multiple resources in collaboration with classroom teachers and special area teachers.