This worksheet will assist students when learning to identify the difference between fiction and non-fiction texts.
Students will work independently to identify and sort different fiction and non-fiction books. They are also given the opportunity to draw their own examples. This is a terrific activity to do after using the Fiction vs Non-Fiction Sort cards.
Understand that texts can take many forms such as signs, books and digital texts
Identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts
Understand that texts can take many forms, can be very short (for example an exit sign) or quite long (for example an information book or a film) and that stories and informative texts have different purposes
Identify some differences between imaginative and informative texts
Recognises some different purposes for writing and that own texts differ in various ways
Understands and responds to literature read to them
Tracks written text from left to right and from top to bottom of the page and identifies visual and spatial features of print
Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect
Some students may benefit from working in a small group with a teacher or classroom helper to discuss each of the different books and why they would be fiction or non-fiction.
Ask students to help sort the books in your classroom library into fiction and non-fiction texts.