Informational Reading in the LMC

Sherry JasperLindsey EvansDenise Sales

Informational Reading in the LMCOur PD session will let library media specialists gain a better understanding of informational reading

become familiar with resources and strategies for integrating informational reading into the their library program and instruction.

incorporate strategies to use text structures and text features with nonfiction texts

What is Informational Reading? text whose primary purpose is to convey information about the natural and social world. text that typically has characteristic features such as addressing whole classes of things in a timeless way.text that comes in many different formats, including books, magazines, handouts, brochures, CD-ROMs, and the Internet.

Information from: http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/scholasticprofessional/authors/pdfs/duke_sample_pages.pdfInformational Reading is not text whose primary purpose is something other than to convey information about the natural and social world, such as telling about an individual's life, an event or series of events, or how to do something.text that always has particular features; instead, features vary by text.only books.

Information from: http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/scholasticprofessional/authors/pdfs/duke_sample_pages.pdfInformational Reading StandardsCommon Core Standards are divided into different sections. Lets take a look at the standards for Informational Text. Also keep in mind the AASL standards and how they connect to Common Core.

KCAS standardsAASL standards

Teaching Informational Reading in the LibraryInformational Reading Text Features Here is a primary example of teaching text features.

RI.2.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.

Informational Reading Text Features Here is an upper elementary/intermediate example of teaching text features.

RI.4.7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.

Informational Reading Text Structures

Cause and Effect Sequence Problem/Solution Description Compare and Contrast

Teaching Text Structureshttp://home.roadrunner.com/~EXCELLENCE1/Text%20Structure%20Text%20Features.htm-wonderful resource with activities for nonfiction text features and text structures

http://www.hoodriver.k12.or.us/cms/lib06/OR01000849/Centricity/Domain/873/LA_res_TxtStruc_ORS_Module%20copy.pdf-great information about text structures includes charts

Example of Text Structure Chart

3-2-1 Strategy Students read a magazine article or nonfiction book independently and use the 3-2-1 strategy to comprehend what they read. Students willwrite about three things they discoveredtwo things they found interestingone question they still have

Informational Reading Resources Zoo You Later! Teaching examples to connect writing, research, and reading to a story.http://www.pyramidreading.com/unit-4.php Website with good handoutshttp://www.nieconnects.com/ Newspaper in Education http://wonderopolis.org/ Wonder of the Day is a fun info featurehttp://sheg.stanford.edu/us Middle School resource http://www.ohiorc.org/search/results/?txtSearchText=informational Website with lesson ideasTumble Books Elementary ebooks

Informational Reading Standards

How do you teach Informational Reading in your library?

Take a look at the standards and share.