Genre Poster

Help readers choose and discuss books with genre posters that define fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and familiar subgenres for a classroom or library display.
Grades
Grades 3–6
Pages
15
File type
PDF
Preparation
Print ready

Updated Oct 02, 2021

Subject
ELA, Literature
Topic
Literary genres, Genre posters
Resource types
Posters, Classroom Decor
Preparation
Print ready
Standards
RL.1.5

Product description

From the author

We all know how important it is to encourage reading and these Literature Genre Posters will not only show students the types of books that are available to them, but also give them a snippet of what each genre entails.

These Reading Genre Posters are perfect reminders of the basic Literature Genres most primary grades are exposed to daily when reading. If you are a 1st, 2nd 3rd grade teacher, Reading specialist or Librarian, you may want to grab these and hang them in your reading area, classroom library or school library.

There are many subcategories within these literature genres but included are basic genres written in Kid-friendly language with descriptions of each.

Possible Uses:

These posters can be used:

  • To hang in your Classroom Library area.

  • The school library or LMC

  • Homeschool space

  • As Genre labels to mark bins, shelves or baskets.

  • Created into a “Book” to browse if a student is unsure of what he/she wants to read.

  • Created in a smaller size and placed on rings to easily browse possible reading choices.

  • Can be enlarged for larger reading spaces.

  • More ideas are included in the actual resource

Here’s What’s Included in this packet:

  • 13 posters, sized 8.5 × 11 inches

  • 3 heading posters: Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry, each with a definition. Other Posters with heading and definitions include:

  • Realistic Fiction

  • Fantasy

  • Mystery

  • Science Fiction

  • Historical Fiction

  • Traditional Literature

  • Biography

  • Autobiography

  • Informational

  • Poetry

I hope you find these helpful and useful…ENJOY!

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Define the set’s broad categories: fiction, nonfiction and poetry, noting that poetry can be fictional or nonfictional.

  • Distinguish among fiction sub-genres such as realistic fiction, fantasy, mystery, science fiction, historical fiction, and traditional literature.

  • Categorize a given book by its genre using the poster definitions as a reference.

Teaching tips

  • Introduce one genre per morning meeting and discuss its definition before displaying the poster.

  • During independent reading, have students share which genre they are reading and explain how they identified it.

  • Assign students to write their own genre definitions in their own words and display them alongside the posters.

Skills covered

  • Genre identification — students match a book to its genre using kid-friendly definitions of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry sub-types.

  • Classroom library organization — teachers sort and shelve books by genre category using the posters as labels.

  • Genre-based prediction — students use knowledge of a text's genre (e.g., nonfiction/article) to make informed predictions before reading.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

How can I use these beyond a wall display?

Choose a poster before a read-aloud and ask students which features of the book fit its definition. You can also use the posters to discuss how books might be grouped in the classroom library.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • RL.1.5

Core concepts

  • Literary genre

  • Fiction sub-genres

  • Non-fiction sub-genres

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