SOFT COVER-LARGE SIZE-WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE-This book is intended as a practical classroom resource for teachers across all years of primary schooling. It focuses on non-fiction texts, and teaching and learning strategies to help students deal with these texts. Included in the book are descriptions and worked examples of a number of strategies which have assisted students in becoming more effective and purposeful readers of the non-fiction texts they encounter both in school and everyday contexts. The authors have also provided outlines for seven units of work, each designed to be adapted by teachers to their students' needs. The topics chosen as the focus of the units are ones that have broad appeal across a range of school contexts. Within these units, there is a clear demonstration of ways in which teachers can 'scaffold' children's work with non-fiction texts through the use of the various strategies. A number of photocopiable pages are included to assist teachers and students in the initial stages of using a strategy which may be unfamiliar to them.