Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing And Research In Grades 3-8.
(Stephanie Harvey)
Stephanie Harvey. Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and
Research in Grades 3-8. Stenhouse Publisher,
1998.
The premise of this book is an important one in
teaching elementary and middle grades. Many teachers focus
on fiction works to the exclusion of including nonfiction in
the curriculum. Harvey?s premise is that using nonfiction
works in teaching are important because they improve
student?s critical thinking and analytical skills. With the
passage of No Child Left Behind, the integration of Language
Arts and Social Science is suggested in teaching both
subject areas. The activities and lessons in this book
present a valuable integrated curriculum for any teacher at
the grade levels listed in the title.
The types of
activities in this book assist students in research, Writing
non-fiction, isolation a topic, developing a thesis
statement or main idea in their own writing, looking at
other resources to determine the main idea, organizing a
non-fiction paper, summarizing information, the ability to
solve problems, and questioning the conclusions of others.
These are important abilities for students of any age, but
are critical to practice in the third through the eighth
grades. The other important lesson that students will learn
through using activities in this book is the students?
ability in distinguishing a rough draft from a final draft
of their own work.
The book is divided into
developing quality inquiry-based questions, evaluating the
resources, and the actual writing of the paper. Even the
appendixes have important teaching material, including note
taking hints and sample contracts for each grade level.
Parent forms are also included in this text.
The
bibliography provides a listing of quality texts including
picture books for lower elementary grades and chapter books
for the upper elementary grades. A separate section of the
bibliography is devoted to evaluating notebooks, speeches
and letters. In the age of reduced finances, the section on
using newspapers as a resource in classes will be extremely
important curriculum builder.
Harvey is a former
reading and writing teacher, who has taught at the
elementary level and in special education classes. She now
works as a private developer for Public Education and
Business Coalition.
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