Exploring nonfiction literacies : innovative practices in classrooms /

The book discusses how learners might be guided to interact with texts in a creative but critically engaged and sustainable manner.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Rowman & Littlefield EBA
Other Authors:	Yenika-Agbaw, Vivian S. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Subjects:	Children's literature > Study and teaching (Elementary) Prose literature > Study and teaching (Elementary) Language arts (Elementary) Children > Books and reading. EDUCATION > Administration > General. EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions. Critical thinking. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction : critical thinkers and innovative practices / Vivian Yenika-Agbaw and Ruth McKoy Lowery
Exploring the universe of facts : outstanding nonfiction and biographies / Deborah Thompson
Picture book biographies as mentor texts / Leslie Colabucci and Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
Mirrors and windows for all : nonfiction picture books as tools for understanding disabilities / Patricia A. Crawford and Kaybeth Calabria
Challenging gifted and talented readers with nonfiction texts / Margot Dickey and Laura Anne Hudock
Nonfiction instruction for English language learners / Xiaodi Zhou and Danling Fu
Differentiating and promoting critical thinking with nonfiction multimodal text sets / Danielle Hartsfield and Nicole Maxwell
Creating an appealing and usable classroom library of high quality diverse nonfiction texts / Cuthbert Roland-Storm
Conclusion : a few thoughts on using nonfiction texts in the 21st century classroom / Paul H. Ricks.