In my district we follow many of the books/philosophies of Fountas and Pinnell
to support our work in guided reading and independent reading but we look to
other great authors for their expertise too. If you would like to see some of
my districts documents on RW you can email me offline.
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Evelia,
I think one thing that happens with **some** nonfiction, when there are
lots of photos, is that kids skip the captions in the photos. If you
include social studies and science texts in this category, which they
are, those books often have lots of pictures. There are times when I
I used Rose Blanche - a powerful book showing a young girl who discovers a
camp and begins sharing her food. Ending is very hard but my 5th/6th
graders were very moved by the book.
I Never Saw another Butterfly is a collecion of children's poetry (and some
pictures) found in the camps. Again,
Greetings,
I have been following this list for a couple weeks now and feel emboldened to
jump in. I am a 'veteran' (gosh it's hard to get away from the military
metaphors!?) -- and worked three decades as a primary teacher, district reading
specialist, and learning assistance teacher (in
If you look on the reading lady website and go under tools and resources their
are many fabulous lessons posted for determining importance as well as
other comprehension skills and strategies.
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Personally, I do not understand the debate. Knowing phonics is integral
to reading and does not mean that students are not reading for meaning.
Bottom line-when we are doing reading instruction (reading for meaning)
students should be reading texts that are in their zone of proximal
I would look at Strategies that Work or Nonfiction Mentor Texts
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On Feb 17, 2012, at 11:58 PM, evelia cadet cadeteve...@hotmail.com wrote:
Is anyone aware of a great lesson/lessons to teach determining importance in
nonfiction? Thanks.
Evelia
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I agree! Suggestions provided through questions, discussions, etc. save a LOT
of legwork - thanks to those who share comprehension and beyond! Your
information is appreciated! NEVER forget the power of the delete key! ;-)
Jeanne Dionne
1st Grade Teacher
North Stonington Elementary School
I have also used many of the titles already mentioned; however, one that I
love that has not been mentioned is Terrible Things: An allegory of the the
Holocaust by Eve Bunting. I teach 8th grade and have found it to be a very,
very powerful complement to our study of WWII and the Holocaust.
I thank you so much for your post. I love this listserv and value the
ideas I have been able to gather from other members. I also value how
it allows be to think through my own ideas and hopefully share ideas
with others. I find that this is happening less in schools. I know
that this
I think there may be some areas where definitions may not be in line.
To me, there is a huge difference between explict phonics
instruction and scripted phonics program. I believe the issue
was at least for me and a few others who have spoken up that
the Mosaic strategies would
Is anyone aware of a great lesson/lessons to teach determining importance in
nonfiction? Thanks. Evelia
This is a neat site I found recently. http://reading.ecb.org/ It might be
helpful, it has student and teacher sections with great info in both. The
videos seem to be
And that was also one of Pat Cunningham's strategies. The person who joined
us from Canada mentioned valuing her work tremendously. I loved using a
poem a week to teach all those ideas. Love also that you didn't just use it
for phonics. It was for poetry's sake with the skills needed as tools
Rose Blanche by Roberto Innocenti is a powerful picture book about World War 2.
Hope this helps,
Linda
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This one has a bit of hope in the despair
http://www.amazon.com/Let-Celebrations-Begin-Margaret-Wild/dp/0606095411/ref=sr_1_12?s=booksie=UTF8qid=1329598640sr=1-12
This one is a post WWII but offers a bit of hope...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/874787.Mercedes_and_the_Chocolate_Pilot
I agree Renee. What I often do is spend a little time talking about our purpose
for reading first and letting that guide the discussion ... I think it was
Kylie Beers that uses the example of a text that is a description of a
beautiful home. An interior decorator, a real estate agent and a
Hi,
My district put together a couple of short videos a few years ago, more to show
parents and community members information about Readers' and Writers' Workshops
and Balance Literacy in general. You can find them on our district website:
http://www.wrsd.net/literacy/ . The first
Harvey Goudvis (Strategies that Work) have created the Comprehension
Toolkit (all non-fiction) which is comprised of over 20 lessons divided into
6 strategy clusters including: 1) monitor comprehension; 2) activate and
connect; 3) ask questions; 4) infer meaning; 5) determine importance and 6)
Love Cunningham' book! I agree that the needs of students is what drives
instruction! I also loved and used Fountas. And Pinnell's word study program.
Some students need explicit phonics instruction. I was not held to a scripted
program. The program allowed me to be flexible and incorporate
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