Fact Friday

Fridays have become "Fact Friday" in my classroom. Each Friday, the students and I dig through a nonfiction piece. It has provided a nice break in the week from our regular literature and is helping the kids understand how to read nonfiction. 

Nonfiction is the most common genre adults read in their everyday life, so I feel it is extremely important to introduce the students to this genre. My goal is to show them that nonfiction can not only be informative, but also interesting. 

Here are some pictures of the sophomores reading last Friday. We read a paired text on The Giver. The students read a condensed screenplay for the new movie and then read an article about a chemical scientists are investigating that could reduce terrible memories in the human's mind.