Non-Fiction Informational Text

This week the children began understanding the difference between Non-Fiction and Fictional Texts. We examined two books, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems, and Naked Mole Rats by Jody Sullivan Rake. The children were challenged as I read both aloud to recall:

1) Where does the naked mole rat live?
2) Does the naked mole rat like the sun?
3) What do naked mole rats eat?
4) How old do naked mole rates live to be?

We filled out our best guesses in an anticipation guide before becoming experts and listening to two types of read alouds, a fiction and non fiction book. The children made the connection that fiction books are read for entertainment while non-fiction books are read for information.

The children left library this week knowing that non fiction books are informational books that can teach us new information.