Articles tagged with: non-fiction books

How to…read a non-fiction decodable book

Posted on 1st January 202419th December 2023 in Learning to Read and tagged decodable books, non-fiction booksLeave a Comment

In our ‘how to…’ series we are going to delve into all things phonics instruction and give you our expert advice on developing confident readers. *** Non-fiction decodable books are wonderful reading resources. They combine two essential parts of reading: word recognition (decoding) and world knowledge (language comprehension and subject vocabulary). Educators now recognise that […]

The love of reading non-fiction books

Posted on 15th February 20236th June 2024 in Language and Communication Difficulties, Learning to Read and tagged article, background knowledge, beginner readers, develop vocabulary, love of reading, non-fiction books, non-fiction for the classroom, reading comprehension, reading motivation, reading rope, the baseball study2 Comments

All too often, our classroom libraries offer a wonderful selection of fiction but only a limited amount of non-fiction. Why should we ensure that children have access to a wonderful range of non-fiction books? 1. Non-fiction books are fun Firstly, because so many non-fiction books published today are an absolute joy to read. With amazing […]