Teachers should be open to teaching with nonfiction books;
they are great for students at any age. Exposing children to nonfiction features
will allow them to grow and think into what is used later in school and at the
workplace. Many times when students are tested, they are asked to answer
questions or to write on categories that are nonfiction. Students enjoy
learning information from nonfiction books than traditional textbooks. When a
teacher can use nonfiction books to teach on a topic, students tend to be much
more engaged because they contain pictures and illustrations that are real and
fun!
Teachers
should consider the role of children preferences, text accuracy and
multicultural understanding when choosing nonfiction books for the classroom. How content is organized and presented affects the
overall value of a piece of nonfiction. Classroom libraries must reflect the
interests of all children, and high-quality, visually, intellectually, and
emotionally appealing nonfiction should constitute a significant part of the
collection. Some benefits of nonfiction books include, that they offer a key to
success in later schooling, they are ubiquitous in the larger society, they are
the preferred reading material for some children, they addresses children’s
interests and questions, they build knowledge of the natural and social world,
and they include many important text features.
I have grown to love nonfiction books now that I am an adult, but as a child, reading nonfiction books meant reading a long book with lots of paragraphs and pages. I never enjoyed reading nonfiction books because they were simply boring. Today, nonfiction books are so much different than years ago. They have evolved into more attractive books filled with colors, pictures, activities, and so on. As teachers, we will need to help students see the attractive side of nonfictions, by choosing great books that will engage students and help them learn.
Nonfiction Books for your Classroom Library
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