Narrative nonfiction

Click through to see my favorite mentor texts to use during narrative nonfiction lessons! Great read-alouds for a literary nonfiction unit in the elementary classroom!

Grab some ideas for narrative nonfiction activities in the elementary classroom and check out my favorite narrative nonfiction books that are perfect to use as mentor texts!

Looking for some great summer literary nonfiction books to use with children in grades 3-5? I've got you covered! Check out these must-have narrative nonfiction picture books related to fun summer themes like the ocean, rainforests, ferris wheels, and more!

Cooking up creative and delicious ideas in the classroom & kitchen!

Instead of throwing away books that have been taped, glued, and taped again... Cut them apart and use them to make anchor charts! I created this anchor chart from a well-read copy of a Magic School Bus book.

Narrative Nonfiction Anchor Chart

Narrative nonfiction vs expository text

From enthralling histories to fascinating biographies, you’ll be sucked right into these books.

Okay, I have to admit it. I hate it when people refer to every text as a "story". I understand that it's second nature. After all, when I was growing up, our reading class was organized around the basal reader. Every week we read the next story. So I was conditioned to call any piece of text longer than a paragraph a "story". But not every text is a story. In the past few years, I've tried to be more careful when talking about text with kids. The word "story" does slip out now and again, and…