This set of anchor charts will be your teacher bestie when it comes to teaching elements of fiction. These elements of fiction anchor charts and posters will help your students remember all the key story elements and as an added bonus these posters are a great addition to an interactive reading notebook. If you really want to help your students understand fiction texts, then you need to dig deep into the elements of fiction. What are your favorite nonfiction anchor charts? Share your ideas in our WeAreTeachers HELPLINE group on Facebook.Īlso, check out 36 Awesome Anchor Charts for Teaching Writing.If you teach 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade more than likely you have to teach your students to understand elements of fiction that go beyond just identifying the characters, setting, and plot of a story. Basically, it tells a story, includes facts and examples about a topic, and can include text features. Narrative nonfiction is a different structure of nonfiction. SOURCE: Miss Klohn’s Classroom What is narrative nonfiction? This anchor chart shows that expository text is another name for informational text written for the purpose of informing or explaining something to a reader: SOURCE: Upper Elementary Snapshots Is nonfiction the same thing as expository text? This anchor chart encourages students to use the five finger questioning strategy: Pulling out the most important information from expository texts is a critical literacy skill for students. SOURCE: The Designer Teacher How do we summarize nonfiction? This anchor chart shows students vocabulary words that will help them distinguish between fact and opinion: Teaching students to recognize the difference between facts and opinions will help them distinguish between fiction and nonfiction writing. But sometimes opinions can masquerade as truths. SOURCE: JBallew What is the difference between fact and opinion? This anchor chart lays out four different ways for students to take notes and organize their thinking around a nonfiction text. Once students have read a nonfiction passage, it is important for them to show what they have learned. Braun’s Second Grade Class What are some ways to respond to nonfiction? Here is an example from an upper elementary teacher: Understanding the way a piece of nonfiction is organized ahead of time will help students better understanding what they’re reading. Nonfiction writing can follow a number of predictable formats, called text structures.

SOURCE: Amy Groesbeck What are some of the ways nonfiction writing is organized? GerlachĪdditionally, this chart uses real life examples to point out different text features: This chart addresses why text features are an important part of nonfiction texts:Īnd this one, for upper elementary students, goes into greater detail about each feature. For example, photographs, charts, graphs, captions, etc. Use anchor charts to show examples of some of different text features readers may encounter. The most distinctive characteristic of nonfiction is the use of graphic features that supplement the learning. Usually the writing is more clear, concise and to the point.

Nonfiction texts are organized differently than fiction. SOURCE: One Stop Teacher Stop What are nonfiction text features?

Understanding this helps readers set a purpose for reading in a more focused, attentive way. SOURCE: Elementary Shenanigans How do we read nonfiction?Īs opposed to reading stories for pleasure, the main purpose for reading nonfiction is to learn facts about something. This anchor chart explains the difference in pictograph form:Ī Venn diagram is another great way to show the similarities and differences between nonfiction and fiction: So spend lots of time sorting through examples of different types of writing to help your students memorize the difference. Many young learners get hung up on the “non” portion of the word nonfiction, reasoning that nonfiction must mean not real. SOURCE: Hello Learning What’s the difference between fiction and nonfiction? Drive your point home with pictures and samples of nonfiction sources.

5th grade story elements anchor chart