Fact Vs Fiction Reading

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/common-core-fact-vs-fiction#top

 Teaching nonfiction reading skills just got moved to "the head of the class"......

The Common Core's focus is preparing pupils for college and career, both of which require a reservoir of knowledge about the natural, physical, and social world around them.  Informational texts have just what's necessary to do that in a child's "reading world."