An ocean animal unit could have separate groups researching, for example, the killer whale, dolphin, shark, octopus, seahorse, jellyfish, stingray, and squid. Encourage the students to ask questions that will guide their reading of the information. Subscribe to a children's magazine for your classroom library. TOP Parent Tips 1. Read to young children from informational children's books.
Children are very curious and they ask a lot of questions.
Take advantage of this. Use encyclopedias and children's nonfiction books to find the information together. Read the answer to the child. This communicates to the child that informational books answer questions and deliver information. In addition, this helps the child start to develop a schema for informational style writing.