"Reading to learn article"

Students usually prefer to read story books, which are fiction books. We would most likely see a child with a storybook rather than a magazine, newspaper, or other form of non-fiction text. This article is about how when we read to learn we usually think of non-fiction texts. I believe that students usually prefer fiction books because of the way that they are written. Story books are usually written in a way that catches the student’s attention. Most often the students choose only based on the cover, so just by providing an interesting illustration it will catch the student’s attention.

Story books are also easier for students to make connections. Things that happen in these books are typically things that happen to most children. This will make the students find it more interesting. I also think that students aren’t as familiar to the way non-fiction is presented. Many non-fiction texts aren’t interesting when you first look at it. A newspaper for instance would not have an interesting enough picture to catch a child’s attention.

An advice I would make would be for teachers to make non-fiction texts available to their students. Include in their library non-fiction materials for the students to familiarize themselves with it. Also to choose wisely because there are non-fiction books that have interesting illustrations and that can be motivating, instead of a page that just has an extreme amount of facts.