Nonfiction reading comprehension word wall

This teaching blog post describes how to teach reading nonfiction text structure in your classroom. It shows 5 ways to practice nonfiction text structures in informational texts. Free activities as well as paid nonfiction resources on teachers pay teachers. Includes examples of a nonfiction word wall, nonfiction text structure posters, nonfiction text structures anchor chart, nonfiction activities, reading centers, and nonfiction text structure graphic organizers with a reference chart.

Illustrated anchor chart for non-fiction text features

📚Without explicitly teaching and having students interact with nonfiction text features, they could be missing out on a huge piece of their…

Hello, Friends! We hope you are enjoying the long weekend (for some of us, anyways) and are excited as we are about all of the wonderful ideas we have been reading about this past week! We are incredibly grateful to be part of this dynamite group of literacy gurus! We are Colleen and Stacy from The Rungs of Reading. After teaching special education for 13 years, I (Stacy) moved into the role of Elementary Reading Specialist at my K-5 school. I have been teaching reading for five years and…

Nonfiction text features anchor chart

This free nonfiction text features scavenger hunt is an engaging no prep nonfiction reading activity! Perfect for working on nonfiction text features in reading with students in third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade. Visuals of each text feature are included and pair well with a nonfiction text features anchor chart or poster displayed.

Graphic organizers for ELLs are must have supports for students in vocabulary, writing, and reading comprehension in the classroom.

I ❤️ word walls! This is one of my favorites with nonfiction text feature terms on one side, tons of other nonfiction specific terms on the…

Literacy choice boards increase comprehension and accountability during novel studies. These work with ANY book and work for assessment too. Perfect to use with an upper elementary novel study or reading project.

This free nonfiction text features scavenger hunt is an engaging no prep nonfiction reading activity! Perfect for working on nonfiction text features in reading with students in third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade. Visuals of each text feature are included and pair well with a nonfiction text features anchor chart or poster displayed.