The nonfiction reading standards for sixth and seventh grade are tough for kids, especially those who don't have much experience with a...

  Helping readers to make inferences in nonfiction can be tough. For narrative texts, inferences about character emotions and traits are eas...

Looking for classroom-ready lessons and activities for teaching about main ideas? Check here: Main Ideas and Details in Nonfiction Text S...

Stink bugs seem to be everywhere right now! In the news, on our window sills, and on my porch. The orchard growers in the area are very worr...

Like many transitional readers, some of my fourth graders have trouble with the difference between persuasive text and informational text. W...

Today, we talked about the differences between narrative and expository text. This is tough for fourth graders! When we look at books, they ...