Learn to Share Amazing Facts from Real Books!

You can learn amazing facts from nonfiction books! When you read about real animals, plants, or nature, you discover true information. You can then share these facts with your friends and family by retelling what you learned.

When you read a book about real things, you learn facts. Retelling means you tell someone else what you learned using your own words. You can share cool facts about animals, like "Tigers have stripes" or "Bears sleep all winter."

Nonfiction books teach you about the real world. You can retell information about pets, ocean animals, birds, and many other true things. This helps you remember what you read and share knowledge with others.

When you read nonfiction books, you learn details about real things. You can remember important facts by thinking about what was most interesting. Then you can tell your family or friends what you discovered.

For example, if you read that "Penguins eat fish," you can share this fact with others. You might say, "I learned that penguins eat fish!" This helps you practice retelling information from what you read.

Nonfiction: Books about real things, not make-believe stories. These books teach you true facts about animals, plants, and the world around you.

Retell: When you tell someone what happened using your own words. You share what you learned from a book or story.

Information: Facts and details that you learn from books. This is what you discover when you read about real things.

Share: When you tell your friends, family, or teacher what you learned. You give others the facts you discovered.

Facts: True things that really happen, like "bears have fur" or "rabbits hop." Facts are not made up.

Details: Small pieces of information that help you know more about something, like what color something is or how it moves.

Remember: When you keep what you learned in your mind so you can tell others about it later.

Order: Telling things in the right way - what happened first, then next, and then last.

You can practice retelling by reading simple nonfiction books about animals. When you learn that "Dolphins live in the ocean," you can share this with your class. Try to remember one or two facts from each book you read.

Start with books about familiar animals like cats, dogs, or birds. After reading, tell someone what you learned. This helps you get better at retelling information from nonfiction text.

Learning to retell nonfiction information connects to many other reading skills. You will also practice Recalling Information To Answer Questions when you remember facts from books. This skill helps you answer questions about what you read.

You can build on your experience with Retell Familiar Experiences Stories Sequence and Retelling Familiar Stories to learn how to retell nonfiction facts. These skills work together to help you share what you learn.

When you retell information, you also practice Answer Questions About Messages and work with Finding Main Ideas and Key Details. You will learn to identify Key Details in Stories and understand Key Details and Characters in what you read.

You can also Use Pictures as Reading Clues to help you remember facts to retell. These skills help you become better at Answering Questions About Key Details and Asking Questions About Text Details.