We have completed the first part of our informational reading unit. Students learned strategies readers of nonfiction need to have in order to understand the many complexities of nonfiction. They filled out a survey and chose extreme weather topics they were interested in, and their research groups were created. They are currently reading, taking notes, and becoming an expert on their topic. On Monday, November 7th they will teach another group all they have learned. Then groups will swap topics to become an expert on a second topic and do some comparing and contrasting work.
Summarizing is not just one of our focus standards in this unit, it's an important strategy for increasing comprehension. Students have learned a technique involving three simple steps for summarizing nonfiction text. We practice orally using notes taken on a text, and then write. The anchor chart with an exemplar is available in my parent resource folder. Students are also synthesizing text, analyzing part to whole, and looking at author's craft in this unit.
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