<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/218618/open_sms">Send us a text</a>Shannon and Mary talk with Melissa Taylor from ImaginationSoup.net about the importance of nonfiction texts in a student&apos;s reading diet.    They chat about the flexible comprehension strategies students need to organize the information gathered from nonfiction and text features and structures that are specific to nonfiction texts.    Listeners should walk away inspired to put more NF texts in their readers hands. RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE: <ol><li><a href='https://imaginationsoup.net/'>Imagination Soup </a></li><li><a href='https://imaginationsoup.net/reading-nonfiction-prepares-kids-for-success/'>Melissa&apos;s Article: Reading Nonfiction Prepares Kids for Success</a></li><li><a href='https://imaginationsoup.net/nonfiction-comprehension-strategies/'>Comprehension Strategies</a></li><li><a href='https://imaginationsoup.net/5-kinds-of-nonfiction-pd-book-teachers-librarians/'>types of NF texts</a></li><li><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNco4dayC1M'>CBS Sunday Morning-Finland schools Media Literacy story</a></li><li><a href='https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/refutation-text-and-critical-thinking/'>Refutational Texts</a></li><li><a href='https://www.instagram.com/imaginationsoup/'>Melissa on IG</a></li><li><a href='https://www.facebook.com/ImaginationSoup'>Melissa on FB</a></li></ol> <ul><li><a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/218618/subscribe'>Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app</a></li><li><a href='https://www.patreon.com/readingteacherslounge/membership'>Bonus episodes access through Patreon</a></li><li><a href='https://polished-frog-54318.myflodesk.com/u85lorsq38'>Free Rubrics Guide created by us</a></li><li><a href='https://polished-frog-54318.myflodesk.com/lz9k4i5dl4'>Finding Good Books Guide created by us</a></li><li><a href='https://www.patreon.com/readingteacherslounge/membership'>Information about our Patreon membership</a></li></ul><a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/218618/support">Support the show</a><ul><li><a href='http://www.patreon.com/readingteacherslounge'>Get Literacy Support through our Patreon</a></li></ul>

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This is the Reading Teachers Lounge where listeners can eavesdrop on professional conversations between elementary reading teachers. We are passionate about literacy and strive to find strategies to reach all learners. Shannon and Mary are neighbors who realized that they were “literacy soul sisters” at a dinner in their Atlanta neighborhood. Once they started chatting about reading they haven’t really stopped. Come join the conversation.