Engaging Young Children with Informational Books

Because Nonfiction And Young Readers Are A Natural Fit! Common Core Or Not, Providing Our Youngest Readers With A Thorough Grounding In Nonfiction Is Just Good Teaching. There’s No Better Way To Ensure Our Students Acquire The Background Knowledge And Vocabulary So Essential To Their Understanding Of Subjects Like Science And Social Studies. Helen Patrick And Panayota Mantzicopoulos Have Written This Book To Assist You With This All-important Effort. Inside You’ll Find: Criteria For Choosing Books Strategies For Shared Reading And Reading Aloud Informational Writing Activities Ways To Guide Parent Involvement Real-life Classroom Success Stories