Dave! I have just introduced the use of textmapping to one of the fourth grade teachers that I work with. We used it for Social Studies in Guided Reading . I felt it was necessary to model determining importance with our SS book because the content is so dense, and by using the scroll and seeing the whole layout of the unit, the kids had a good idea of what we were planning to do. Not only did we list the elements of non-fiction text, but we could easily determine what was going to be important and worked in groups to highlight important information. Needless to say, modeling everyday has been essential . I certainly feel like the total experience has been great! Taking in slow through the chapter will enable the group to prepare for working in groups in the next chapter...
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