We Are Non-Fiction Experts!

We have been VERY busy learning about non-fiction texts in readers and writers workshop. We are learning lots of ways to tell "report" books from fiction books... from photographs to bold print, these kindergarteners are becoming very aware of the features of our new favorite genre of literature! Recently we went on a scavenger hunt in the room of non-fiction books hidden in our class library. Here are two students showing what they found, and how they were able to determine that their book really was non-fiction:

Now that we are experts at "report" texts, we are writing our own reports on topics that we are experts at! Students chose their own topics and wrote their own facts based on what they know about the subject. I have experts on everything from ladybugs to window washing to pretending! We can't wait to share our reports with you at Literacy Night in April - stay tuned for details! :)