Nonfiction Matters
Nonfiction Matters

Author: Stephanie Harvey

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-10-10

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1003842712

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When we open the gates to nonfiction inquiry, we open our thinking and expect the unexpected, making reading discoveries, research discoveries, and writing discoveries on our way. Nonfiction Matters offers teachers the tools to help students explore nonfiction and dig deep to reach more complete understanding of the real world and report these insights in a compelling manner. Stephanie Harvey shows how students can read expository text, engage in research, and write authentic nonfiction that is captivating, visual, and full of voice. The inquiry projects she describes require in-depth learning: topic selection, question development, research exploration, reading for content, organization, synthesis, writing to convey meaning, and presenting findings—all skills that develop independent thinkers who know how to make decisions, solve problems, and apply their knowledge insightfully. Full of practical suggestions to help you bring nonfiction into your curriculum, Nonfiction Matters: presents strategies for understanding expository text and conducting meaningful research;offers ideas for organizing and writing accurate, effective nonfiction from idea to finished presentation;advances the importance of teacher modeling and guided practice in instructional delivery;provides a list of inquiry tools and resources—both print and electronic;suggests ways to facilitate project-based learning and assess the projects as they develop;includes bibliographies of nonfiction children's books by subject and genre and lists of recommended magazines.Why is nonfiction almost a guaranteed success? The key to teaching with nonfiction is passion, for children are passionate inquirers, and nonfiction fuels their curiosity and their demand for knowledge and understanding of the world.

Guiding Readers Through Non-fiction
Guiding Readers Through Non-fiction

Author: Dave Leochko

Publisher: Portage & Main Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 155379124X

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Written for grades 4-7 teachers and students, Guiding Readers Through Non-Fiction is an easy-to-use resource. It provides essential background information on the nature of nonfiction and how to use nonfiction in small guided-reading groups. The book is filled with many ready-to-use student handouts, graphic organizers, rubrics, assessment checklists, and planning guidelines. In this resource, you will find: teaching suggestions and strategies to help students engage with various forms of nonfiction necessary information for implementing guided-reading practices in the classroom effective strategies to incorporate successful small-group instruction in the classroom plans and suggestions for structuring the guided-reading lesson

Exploring the Literature of Fact
Exploring the Literature of Fact

Author: Barbara Moss

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9781572305465

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Filling a crucial need for K-6 teachers, this book provides practical strategies for using nonfiction trade books in language arts and content area instruction. Research-based, classroom-tested ideas are spelled out to help teachers: *Select from among the many wonderful nonfiction trade books available *Incorporate nonfiction into the classroom *Work with students to develop comprehension strategies for informational texts *Elicit responses to nonfiction through drama, writing, and discussion *Use nonfiction to promote content area learning and research skills Unique features of the book include teacher-created lesson plans, extensive lists of recommended books (including choices for reluctant readers), illustrative examples of student work, and suggestions for linking nonfiction reading to the use of the World Wide Web.

Powerful Thinking
Powerful Thinking

Author: Adrienne Gear

Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited

Published: 2024-03-18

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1551389665

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An inspiring book to help teachers shift their beliefs and “stretch” their thinking around reading comprehension, literacy instruction, and content-area learning. Using the key concepts and strategies introduced in her ground-breaking book, Reading Power, Adrienne Gear shows teachers practical ways to create a “culture of thinking” that can be integrated into all areas of learning. Using knowledge-rich texts as tools, Adrienne shares how read-alouds can be used in content areas to support literacy skills and build knowledge. This timely book offers classroom-tested lessons and anchor books to create a content-rich learning environment that helps strengthen student learning and knowledge-building.

Beyond Leveled Books
Beyond Leveled Books

Author: Karen Szymusiak

Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1571107142

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In the first edition of Beyond Leveled Books, Franki Sibberson and Karen Szymusiak, offered a much-needed perspective on moving transitional readers from the basic supports of leveling to independent book selection. Seven years later, drawing on their continued research and expanding roles as authors and literacy consultants, Franki and Karen, along with colleague Lisa Koch, present a new updated and expanded edition of this "useful and eye-opening book." Education Reviews, 2001] In Beyond Leveled Books, Second Edition the authors provide even more resources to help teachers understand and meet the needs of transitional readers. The key topic of series books has been revised and enlarged, with charts outlining new series with the challenges they pose and supports readers need. New lessons have been added, and most chapters now include a related article from a literacy expert. Some of the contributors include Kathy Collins, Larry Swartz, and Mary Lee Hahn. The book also features an entirely new section covering grades K-1, that explores the uses and limitations of leveled texts in primary reading instruction. Among the highlights of this new section are ideas for how to organize your classroom library and a list of great books to use alongside leveled text in supporting new readers. Packed with examples of classroom instruction, sample mini-lessons, strategies for small-group instruction, assessment techniques, and student work, this new edition expands what was once a great little book that filled a gap for teachers in intermediate grades into an essential resource for independent reading instruction from grades K-5.

Why Reading Books Still Matters
Why Reading Books Still Matters

Author: Martha C. Pennington

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-08-29

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1351809067

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Bringing together strands of public discourse about valuing personal achievement at the expense of social values and the impacts of global capitalism, mass media, and digital culture on the lives of children, this book challenges the potential of science and business to solve the world’s problems without a complementary emphasis on social values. The selection of literary works discussed illustrates the power of literature and human arts to instill such values and foster change. The book offers a valuable foundation for the field of literacy education by providing knowledge about the importance of language and literature that educators can use in their own teaching and advocacy work.

Reading, Writing, and Gender
Reading, Writing, and Gender

Author: Gail Lynn Goldberg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-13

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1317922662

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Like an increasing number of educators, you recognize that girls and boys approach reading and writing differently, and that boys are lagging behind girls in many assessments of literacy learning. This book does more than describe and explain these differences. It builds on the authors' state of the art research to offer instructional strategies and classroom activities to help both girls and boys develop as readers and writers. This book is for classroom teachers in grades 3 - 8 as well as for reading specialists, instructional leaders and other educators. It provides detailed descriptions of instructional activities, accompanied by reproducible tools and materials; illustrative examples of student work; concise summaries of state-of-the-art research; and ideas for action research projects. The strategies and activities in this book have all been classroom tested with diverse student populations.

Early Years Non-Fiction
Early Years Non-Fiction

Author: Margaret Mallett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-12-16

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1134525885

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This lively and informative text examines children's first experience of non-fiction during the pre-school and foundation years. Its careful consideration of different kinds of quality non-fiction, including books, posters, charts and computer software will provide a helpful framework from which Early Years teachers can work. The book offers a rich resource of information, with illustrative case studies and many examples of children's responses to non-fiction, providing: coverage of pre-school and foundation years for children up to 6 years of age, references to research findings on the place of non-fiction in early years, and references to The National Literacy Strategy, Early Learning Goals, and the National Curriculum for English.

Day One and Beyond
Day One and Beyond

Author: Rick Wormeli

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-10-10

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1003843670

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Your teacher training may have provided sound theory and a collection of instructional techniques, but it's often the practical details that can make day-to-day survival difficult in your first days, weeks, and years of teaching. For new teachers or those just new to the middle-school environment, here is an invaluable resource from the author of Meet Me in the Middle that will help you walk in the door prepared to teach. Oriented toward the unique experience of teaching grades 5 through 9, Day One and Beyond delivers proven best practices along with often-humorous observations that provide a window into the middle school environment. Based on his many years of research and experience in the middle school classroom, Rick offers frontline advice on: practical survival matters, such as what to do the first day and week, setting up the grade book and other record keeping, and what to do if you only have one computer in the classroom;classroom management, including discipline, getting students' attention, and roving classrooms;social issues, like the unique nature of middle-level students, relating to students, and positive relations with parents;professional concerns, from collegiality with teammates to professional resources all middle-level teachers should have.Content and instruction are important, but so are the practical matters that enable sound teaching practice. Day One and Beyond shows middle-level teachers how to manage the physical and emotional aspects of their unique environment so they can do what they've been trained to do: successfully teach young adolescents.

Everyday Content-area Writing
Everyday Content-area Writing

Author: Kathleen Kopp

Publisher: Maupin House Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1934338664

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Everyday Content-Area Writing shows intermediate-grade teachers how to integrate writing into daily instruction and use it as an authentic, engaging tool that will develop deeper content-area understanding. Kathleen Kopp's fun and creative, write-to-learn strategies span the gamut of math, science, and social studies to show you how to make writing a time-saving, valuable part of your instructional day. Everyday Content-Area Writing includes: strategies to build background; foster review, follow-up, and practice through individual and group activities; and teach content-area vocabulary; note-taking tactics, organizational methods, and ways to save time while bringing meaning to learning; explanations and guidelines for formative assessments that guide instruction and summative, post-unit assessments that evaluate student learning; original ideas for incorporating technology inside and outside the classroom, publishing student work, and differentiating instruction; and tips for establishing a supportive writing environment. Suggested writing resources, ready-to-go templates, unit assessment plans, sample projects, and prompts round out this resource.