Literacy in Motion, June 2015 Engaging Students with Nonfiction Kirby Andler and Shane Jensen [email protected] and [email protected] Top 10 List of Nonfiction our Kids Love ●
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Bragg, Georgia. How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous. Bragg, Georgia. How They Choked: Failures, Flops and Flaws of Awfully Famous. Holland, Jennifer. Unlikely Friendships. Kehret, Peg. Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio. Levine, Karen. Hana’s Suitcase. Mah, Adeline Yen. Chinese Cinderella. Scieszka, Jon. Knucklehead. Sheinkin, Steve. Lincoln’s Grave Robbers. Swanson, James L. Chasing Lincoln’s Killer. Who Was biography series Other Engaging Nonfiction Titles ●
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Branzei, Sylvia. Grossology: The Science of Really Gross Things! Fleming, Candace. Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Freedman, Russell. Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor. Guiberson, Brenda. Disasters: Natural and Man­Made Catastrophes Through the Centuries. Hale, Nathan. Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series. Jones, Charlotte. Mistakes That Worked. Marrin, Albert. Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl. McClafferty, Carla . Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football’s Make­or­Break Moment. Murphy, Jim. An American Plague. Murphy, Jim. The Great Fire. Sullivan, George. Tom Thumb: The Remarkable True Story of a Man in Miniature. Warren, Andrea. Orphan Train Rider: One Boy’s True Story. Picture Book Biographies ●
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Berne, Jennifer. Manfish: The Story of Jacques Cousteau. Berne, Jennifer. On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein . Brown, Don. Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein. Burleigh , Robert . One Giant Leap . Cooney, Barbara. Eleanor. Farris, Christine King. My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Johnson, Jen Cullerton. Seeds of Change. Kelly, David. Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud That Changed Baseball . Kerley, Barbara. The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins. Nivola, Claire A. Planting the Trees of Kenya. Pinborough , Jen. Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children. Winter, Jeanette. Wangari’s Trees of Peace. Winter, Jeanette. The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps. 10 Nonfiction Read­Alouds Picture Books ●
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Golenbock, Peter. Teammates. Helligman, Deborah. The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos. Milway, Katie Smith. O ne Hen. Smith, Charles. 12 Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali. Smith, David J. If the World Were a Village. Chapter Books ● Goodman, Susan. How Do You Burp in Space?: And Other Space Tips Every Space Tourist Needs ●
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to Know. Hopkinson, Deborah. Titanic: Voices from the Disaster. Leyson, Leon. The Boy on the Wooden Box. Paulsen, Gary. My Life in Dog Years. Scieszka, Jon . Knucklehead. Nonfiction Books for High Schoolers ●
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Aronson, Marc and Budhos, Marina. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845 ­ 1850. Bascomb, Neal. Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World’s Most Notorious Nazi. Blumenthal, Karen. Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition. Fleming, Candace. The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia. Giblin, James Cross. Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth. Hoose, Phillip. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice. Kurlansky , Mark. World Without Fish. Macy, Sue. Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) . Marrin, Albert. Black Gold: The Story of Oil in our Lives. Murphy, Jim and Blank, Alison. Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never­Ending Search for a Cure. Sandler, Martin W. The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure. Stone, Tanya Lee. The Good, The Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll’s History and Her Impact on Us. Web Resources for Finding Nonfiction Books ●
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http://www.ncte.org/awards/orbispictus Orbis Pictus Award (sponsored by National Council of Teachers of English) http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal Robert F. Silbert Medal (sponsored by Association for Library Service to Children) http://www.socialstudies.org/notable Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People (sponsored by National Council for the Social Studies) http://www.choiceliteracy.com/articles­detail­view.php?id=993 Nonfiction titles for boys http://inkrethink.blogspot.com/ Interesting nonfiction for kids http://www.guysread.com/ Books suggested by the author, Jon Scieszka, mostly fiction titles Web Resources for Articles ●
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http://grist.org/ ­ A variety of commentary/articles about environmental issues. Not all student appropriate; better to be chosen by teacher. http://kellygallagher.org/resources/articles.html ­ Articles of the week used by Kelly Gallagher in his classroom. http://www.newsela.com/ ­ Free and paid versions. News articles written in multiple Lexile levels for the same news story. http://readingandwritingproject.com/resources/book­lists­classroom­libraries­and­text­sets­for­studen
ts/text­sets.html ­ Text sets related to a variety of nonfiction topics. http://www.readworks.org/ ­ Articles related to different topics with included discussion questions. Includes units related to different reading strategies. http://sciencefriday.com/ ­ A variety of articles related to science topics. http://thereisabookforthat.com/2013/07/24/wonder­inducing­nonfiction­read­alouds/ ­ Read alouds geared toward younger students but that can be used with lower­students, groups working on their own, or for extended analysis that will be used later with more challenging texts. http://whatsthebigideaprogram.com/ ­ Site with videos/activities related to 4 big themes, including bullying and lying. Goal is to help students to discuss and think about these. Can have students do further research into the problems and come up with solutions. http://www.wisegeek.com/ ­ A site with interesting questions to spark students. http://wonderopolis.org/ ­ A site that is updated daily with answers to kid­friendly questions. Resources for Passion Projects/Genius Hour ●
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KWHLAQ K ­ What do I know? W ­ What do I want to know? H ­ How do I find out? L ­ What did I learn? A ­ What action will I take? Q ­ What new questions do I have? Twitter: JoAnn Delaney (@jdelaneyjoann), Joy Kirr (@joykirr), Paul Solarz (@PaulSolarz) Websites with resources: ○ http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=829279 ­ Livebinder with links to a wealth of information about Genius Hour in many different classrooms. ○ http://geniushour.wikispaces.com/ ­ Lists of resources about Genius Hour. ○ http://psolarz.weebly.com/passion­projects­5214.html ­ Example 5th grade projects Professional Resources ●
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Daniels, Harvey and Steineke, Nancy. Texts and Lessons for Content­Area Reading. Frey, Nancy and Fisher, Douglas and Everlove, Sandi. Productive Group Work: How to Engage Students, Build Teamwork, and Promote Understanding . Gallagher, Kelly. Deeper Reading. Gallagher, Kelly. Reading Reasons: Motivational Mini­Lessons for Middle and High School. Harvey, Stephanie. Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3­8. Harvey, Stephanie and Goudvis, Anne. Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension to Enhance Understanding. Layne, Steven. Igniting a Passion for Reading.