Brain Pop Jr. Reading Nonfiction

What is a glossary?

• A list of the chapters in a book

• The author of a book

• The pictures in a book

• A list of the important words in a book and their meanings

Which of these is nonfiction?

• A fairy tale about a princess

• A poem about a flying cat

• A short story on Jupiter

• A magazine article on desert plants

How can you show that you understand what you read?

• Explain it in your own words

• Copy what's written in the book

• Forget what you read

• Not have any ideas about it

Why would you read captions?

• They tell you when the book was published

• They list the chapters

• They help explain the pictures

• They list all the important words in the back of the book

How are a glossary and dictionary alike?

• Both tell you the meaning of words

• Both tell you how to care for snakes

• both have hundreds of pages

• both are in the back of a nonfiction book

Which of these titles is probably NOT for a nonfiction book?

• Birds of Australia

• The Life of Nelson Mandela

• Rabbit and Bear Learn to Cook

• How to Surf

What is NOT a helpful strategy when you come to a hard word in a book?

• You should swap books with your friend

• Write it down and look up its meaning

• Use the surrounding words as clues to help figure out what it means

• Sound it out

What could you do if you're having trouble understanding a nonfiction book?

• Read it all the way without stopping

• Read faster

• Read a small part and pause to think about it in your own words

• Don't look at the pictures

How can you be sure a soccer book has information on goalie uniforms?

• You can look at the copyright

• You can look at the table of contents or the index

• You could summarize what you read

• You could read the title

How are the table of contents and an index alike?

• Both are in alphabetical order

• Both list page numbers

• Both list the definitions of words

• Both are in the beginning