Classroom teacher will read Lunch Bunnies to the class, then lead a discussion on elements that make this a fiction story and ask for examples in the story of things that can't really happen. Next ask students to give other examples of made-up elements in the story. Students will then identify elements that make a story a fiction story. The LMS will write on the white board, "What makes a book a nonfiction book?" Next the LMS should put a KWL chart on the white board. Place World of Animals books in the center of each table. Introduce the lesson by asking students to tell you about the story Lunch Bunnies and to ask them if they remember what kind of story that was.

Tell the students that they will be learning about a different type of book. This kind of book tells us about things that are real, things that tell us about something: about where frogs live, places we might visit, types of weather. Those kinds of books are information books and we call them nonfiction. Ask students to take a World of Animals book from the center of their table. Give students several minutes to look through the books. Ask them to look at the photographs, and different parts of the book. Tell students that this is a nonfiction book. Ask students what things they are seeing in this book.

Use a KWL chart on the white board to record in the "K" column what things students are observing in this book. Next ask students what they would like to learn about this type of book and record answers in the "W" column. Have students look at their books again and lead a discussion of elements in a nonfiction book: table of contents, text boxes, diagrams, realistic pictures, etc. Complete the "L" portion of the chart. Have students complete the nonfiction worksheet. Tell students where the nonfiction section is in the library and have them take out a nonfiction book during book selection. During check-out, have students tell you how they know the book they picked was a nonfiction book.