Teaching Comprehension With Nonfiction Read Alouds: 12 Lessons for Using Newspapers, Magazines, and Other Nonfiction Texts to Build Key Comprehension Skills

by Dawn Little

In this thoughtful new resource, a master teacher shares her framework for presenting powerful read-aloud lessons that teach students the comprehension skills they need to read nonfiction. You’ll learn how to plan and present interactive read alouds of newspaper or magazines articles, textbooks, informational books, and lots more. Standards-based lessons include exploring the features and structures of nonfiction, activating background knowledge, making inferences, summarizing, and much more. You’ll also find suggestions for choosing nonfiction texts, using read alouds across the curriculum, and differentiating your lessons. For use with Grades 3–6.

80 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2010

About the author

Dawn Little has more than a decade of educational experience, particularly in literacy. As a former 4th and 5th grade teacher, she was a mentor teacher, model teacher, and teacher leader. The founder and president of Links to Literacy, an educational consulting company, she regularly presents workshops at the local, state, and national levels. Dawn holds a Masters Degree in Education with an emphasis on curriculum and instruction.

Dawn enjoys sharing picture books with complementary lessons on her blog, Picture This! Teaching with Picture Books. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two children.