I read a lot of nonfiction aloud to my class. I never get to as many titles as I intend to - the "must share" stack is always growing. It's not necessarily due to lack of time. I make lots of time for nonfiction reading. It's that I believe nonfiction read alouds need to be...
Know your nonfiction titles! A list of links, posts, blogs and resources to help you keep up with the world of nonfiction picture books. Blogs that highlight a lot of nonfiction titles: KidLitFrenzy and all of the blogs that regularly participate in Alyson Beecher's Nonfiction Picture Book challenges.
Jill Eisenberg, our Resident Literacy Expert, began her career teaching English as a Foreign Language to second through sixth graders in Yilan, Taiwan as a Fulbright Fellow. She went on to become a literacy teacher for third grade in San Jose, CA as a Teach for America corps member.