faculty nonfiction
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TRANSCRIPT
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ResearchWriting
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KWL Chart
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KWL Chart
Reindeer Know
They are pretty. They fly all over the world. Rudolph has a red nose.
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KWL Chart
ReindeerWhat we want to know How do they fly around the world? How does Rudolph’s nose shine so bright?
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Revision of the KWL chart
+RAN
Reading and Analyzing Nonfiction Strategy
+RAN
Reading and Analyzing Nonfiction Strategy
•Think I Know
•Confirmed
•Misconceptions
•New Learning
•Wonderings
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What I Think I Know
Students state information they think to be correct about the topic.
Write on post-it notes, by teacher or student
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+I think I know
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Confirmed Students research to confirm
prior knowledge
Move any post-it from I Think I Know column to the Confirmed column once it has been confirmed in the research phase
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+New Learning
Children research to locate additional information not stated in prior knowledge -
I think I know area Post-it notes are added to the chart
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Misconceptions
Children research to discard prior knowledge that is not factual Teacher also helps with this process as needed
+Wonderings
Children raise questions
based on the new information Post-it notes are added to the chart
+ After ResearchOrganize informationGrasshoppersIntro BodyHabitatFoodEnemies
Write a class book
+After Research
Book Table of contents Pictures Bold print Diagrams Sidebars Headings Glossary Index
+ Research Options
Whole class explorations
Individual explorations
Research Opportunities Shared readings,
read aloud, guest speakers, field trips
Stations Books and
magazines Audio Computer DVD Internet Observations Pictures
+Reading and Analyzing Nonfiction Strategy (RAN Strategy)
What I think I know
Confirmed
Misconceptions
New Learning
Wonderings
Children state information they think to be correct about the topic
Children research to confirm prior knowledge
Children research to discard prior knowledge
Children research to locate additional information not stated in prior knowledge
Children raise questions based on the new information gathered
Tony Stead
+Tony Stead