Fiction and Nonfiction in K2

The students in K2 are learning all about the differences between fiction and nonfiction books. In our first lesson together, we compared Watchful Wolves, a nonfiction book by Ruth Berman, and The Wolve's Chicken Stew, a fiction book by Keiko Kasza. During our next visit, students explored Penguins, a nonfiction book by Claire Robinson, and Penguin Post, a fiction book by Debi Gliori.

Students discovered that nonfiction books are about real people, places, events or things - they are true. Fiction books are made up by the author, or are not true - even when they may contain some truth as with our animal stories about wolves and penguins. The children learned to identify features of fiction and nonfiction books and where to find each type of book in the library. Many students went home with one of each. Encourage your child to read differnt kinds of books! The next time you are reading together, ask you child to tell you how he or she knows if a book is fiction or nonfiction.