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Category: Informational Texts

Here are some of the consistent strategies and skills I use in my classroom to help my students master nonfiction comprehension.

Nonfiction Comprehension Guide

Learn how to use The Week Junior, a magazine for children ages 8-14. It covers timely topics, news, sports and technology features, and more.

Using The Week Junior In The Classroom

Teach students to analyze firsthand and secondhand accounts with this anchor chart, interactive notebook template, and task cards.

Analyzing Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts

Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Texts

Informational Text Structures & Features Cumulative Assignment

Nonfiction Summaries

Upper elementary ideas for teaching informational text structures with anchor chart, interactive notebooks, task cards, assessments and more.

Informational Text Structures

Non-Fiction Newspaper or Magazine “Book” Report

Nonfiction Main Idea

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