1. Readers Get Information and Grow Ideas from Nonfiction Texts
2nd Grade Reading
Unit of Study
Unit 5
Readers Get Information and Grow Ideas from Nonfiction Texts
Teaching Point Charts
by Barbara Gurian,
Plumb Elementary
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text

2. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 1
Readers recognize the differences between fiction and nonfiction books by comparing and contrasting the two types of books.
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text TP 1

3. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text – TP 1A
*”Not false… True”
* Real or true facts
*Informative
*Based on facts
* about real things,
people, events, or
places
*Things that
happened
*photographs
*Index
*Illustrations
* Diagram/map
* Captions
*Glossary
*Section headings
*Different kinds of
print (Italics,
underlined, bold
large)
* False…
*Make believe
*Imagination
*Can sound true
*Can have facts
*Story isn’t true
*has elements of
fiction…
- characters
- plot
- setting
- theme
- style
Pictures not realistic,
but can be photographs
*Animals sometimes
talk
Book Or
Literature
Found in a library
Authors
Illustrators
Photographers
Can have
Chapters
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text – TP 1A

4. Features of Nonfiction and How They Help Us Read
Table of contents
Front
Helps us find the part of the book we are looking for
Index
End
Helps us find the information we are looking for by giving page numbers
Photograph
Anywhere
Helps us picture the information
Illustration
Helps us understand the information
Diagram/Map
Caption
Near photos, illustrations,
diagrams
Helps us understand what is going on in photo, illustration, diagram
Glossary
End, usually
Helps us understand tricky words
Section heading
Beginning of new sections
Helps us get our minds ready for the information that follows
Different kinds of print (bold,
Italics, underlined, large)
Helps us notice that certain words or parts are important
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text TP 1B

5. Readers warm up their minds by previewing the text and looking for and learning from pictures, diagrams, graphs, etc.
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text TP 2
Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 11

6. Readers find information they are looking for by using the index and table of contents.
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text TP 3
Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 17

7. Readers decide where they will begin reading in their nonfiction book (not necessarily front to back) by first determining their purpose.
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text TP 4
Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 20

8. Readers warm up their minds by thinking about what they think they know and what they want to learn about a topic.
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text TP 5
Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 14

9. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 6
Reading partners warm up their minds before they begin reading by talking to each other about what they already know.
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text TP 6

10. Reading partners make the most of their reading time by setting goals and making plans for their reading.
RUS - Uit Nonfiction Text TP 7
Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 – page 21

11. Readers keep track of the information about their topics by jotting notes on post-it notes or in a notebook.
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text TP 8
Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 27

12. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 9
Readers find new information by using features of nonfiction (captions, diagrams, graphs, headings, index, etc.)
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text TP 9

13. Readers gather information by skimming and scanning nonfiction texts looking for key words.
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text TP 10
Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 29

14. Readers summarize what they have read by asking questions and looking for the most important details.
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text TP 11
Pinellas County RUS Unit 5 - page 32

15. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 12
Readers make sure they understand what they read by stopping often to THINK.
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text TP 12

16. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 13
Readers make sure they understand what the author is saying by putting what they’ve read into their own words.
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text TP 13

17. RUS - Unit 5 Nonfiction Text TP 14
Readers learn more about their topic by thinking about the information they have collected, asking themselves new questions, and searching for answers to their new questions.
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text TP 14

18. Readers know exactly when things happen by reading a calendar.
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text
MM, 437R

19. Readers learn specific places by reading a map in nonfiction texts.
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text TP 16
MM, 73R, 74-77

20. Reading & Writing “Nonfiction” Celebration
RUS - Unit Nonfiction Text