This nonfiction story is about a partnership between a policeman, Officer Mike, and his partner, a police dog named Aero. Information about daily routine (work and breaks), Aero's special talents and Officer Mike's training and care of Aero is included.

The purpose of the video lesson is to review the making connections reading strategy and the difference between fiction and non-fiction.

This video lesson explores the difference between fiction and non-fiction materials and provides multiple examples of both in which the students are asked to identify whether a story or passage is fiction or non-fiction.

Students compare the traits fact and fiction by using a Venn diagram to compare fiction and nonfiction books about Native Americans.

Epic Books is an online collection of over 40 000 titles of award-winning fiction, non-fiction, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), biographies, graphic novels, DIY (Do It Yourself) and more. Sign up as an educator and the account is free. Epic Books can be used by teachers and students for read-alouds, shared reading, and independent reading time. Read-to-me and audiobook functions allow for the listening portion of a balanced literacy program. Teachers can use these books as part of interactive small group instruction for specific skills or strategies. They can also assign certain books and tasks for practice to individuals or groups.

Free for teachers - you must set up the free account and add students to your classroom in order to get a class code to provide to families. Then when students have that code, they can log in from home with free access.

This activity can be used to help find the main idea or keyword from a passage of text. This activity is excellent to develop vocabulary and deepen understanding of the content being examined. 

Stream audio books for free.

Use the menus on the left side to find the book you'd like by genre (including non-fiction), language, or popularity.

The goal of this activity is for students to learn how to tell a story in order to make a complex topic (such as global warming or ozone holes) easier for a reader to grasp. Students realize that the narrative impulse underlies even scientific and technical writing and gain a better understanding of the role of myth as a "science" of imagination that helps us to gain insight into human motivation.

Find reading recommendations appropriate for children, teens and adults in NoveList Plus. This readers’ advisory tool assists readers in finding fiction and non-fiction print and audiobooks based on their interests. Students can find read-alike and listen-alike recommendations based on their favourite titles and authors.

library2go helps keep students reading. Students can access ebooks and audiobooks from the provincial library system if they have a library card. This is an opportune time for students to develop fluency and stamina for reading independently. Invite them to explore titles in different genres and to find nonfiction titles that build on their interests. If students don’t have a library card, they can check out their regional library’s membership tab. Many libraries have an online application option so that students can gain a temporary library card number to borrow materials

Readworks has tremendous resources to keep your children reading over the summer with their Summer Reading Program.

Find resources for Grade 1 through to high school, including both fiction and non-fiction articles for enjoyable summer reading. All articles are accompanied by an answer packet to extend the learning.

Just sign up for an account to access the resources for summer reading. Check out the sign up details and see what’s available at https://about.readworks.org/share-families.html.

These graphic organizers and use of text features will help students understand non-fiction.

Use a reference that you all have access to to complete this text features chart/cheat sheet. Students can use this as a reference as they read non-fiction.You can complete this together as a class, in small groups or individually, depending on the needs of your students.  Consider filling out each feature as you explicitly teach it and demonstrate how to effectively use the feature.  Then allow students to practice the skil with your guidance. 

A great non-fiction news site with a wide variety of articles written at differentiated Lexile levels.

There are daily quizzes and immediate feedback for students.

The site offers several resources, links and tips for teachers. The critical thinking prompts at the end of each article help spark student discussions and response or reflection opportunities.

Articles are divided into K-4, 5-6, 7-8 and High School.