Target ELEM:Teaching the difference FIC/NF

[Nancy Hogsett <nghogsett@HOTMAIL.COM>]

I am probably the one who needs to be taught! How do you explain the
difference in fiction and non-fiction to your students? I love to teach
Dewey. Do you explain non-fiction as "informational?" rather than factual?
So many students are surprised to find the folk/fairy tales and poetry in
the "non-fiction." How do you explain that to the inquiring, sharp thinkers?

Just wondering how other creative librarians explain the reasoning behind
the "Dewey" plan of organization.

Thanks so much!
Nancy Hogsett, Librarian
Atherton Elementary
2101 Overbrook
Arlington, TX 76014
nhogsett@aisd.net
nghogsett@hotmail.com

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