Nonfiction in Focus: A Comprehensive Framework for Helping Students Become Independent Readers and Writers of Nonfiction, K-6

by Rosemary Bamford, Rosemary A. Bamford, Janice V. Kristo

With this book, Janice Kristo and Rosemary Bamford show you not only how to choose nonfiction wisely, but how to teach it wisely. They provide a theoretically solid framework for weaving nonfiction across a comprehensive literacy program, beginning with approaches that require heavy student support -- such as instructional read aloud and modeled writing -- and moving toward approaches that don't -- such as discovery circles and readers' and writers'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439365988
• ISBN13: 9780439365987
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Teaching Resources
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.1" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Source for Choosing and Using Nonfiction

I have these authors' earlier books on selecting nonfiction, which are terrific. But this one is better because it not only gives guidelines for making wise choices, but also offers lots of good, practical ideas for using your choices to teach reading, writing, and content-area subjects. The ideas can be used in whole-class, small-group, and one-on-one instruction. Plus, there's a clear opening section on the underlying principles behind the ideas. These authors know what they're talking about--and clearly have spent time in classrooms.