English SOL Institute Elementary Vocabulary Nonfiction Reading Workshop
English SOL Institute Elementary Vocabulary & Nonfiction Reading Workshop Debbi Fewster & Dawn Wilson Montgomery County Public Schools
Vocabulary n n n Use resources from English SOL Vocabulary Web page Provide students with opportunities to study vocabulary in authentic texts (newspapers, labels, advertisements, etc. ) and words from reading material Studying vocabulary from authentic texts strengthens nonfiction reading skills K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013
Stoplight Knowledge Rating n n n Red -If you don’t know a word at all… Yellow -If you have heard of the word but aren’t sure what it means… Green -If you know the word and can use it while speaking or writing… K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013
Stoplight Vocabulary
Vocabulary n Model context clues n n Crickwing Give plenty of practice opportunities Third Grade SOL Vocabulary Fourth Grade SOL Vocabulary Fifth Grade SOL Vocabulary n Connect vocabulary instruction to the text through text-dependent questions K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013
Crickwing by Jannell Cannon Harcourt Children's Books; 2000
Nonfiction n Nonfiction emphasizes text structures and organizational patterns n Both emphasize making inferences and drawing conclusions based on explicit and implied information n Differentiate between fact and opinion K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013
A statement of FACT can be proved TRUE or FALSE. A statement of OPINION is what someone believes or thinks. There may or may not be a good reason to think this way. Words that give you clues that a statement is an opinion are believe, like, and should. These words express how someone feels. n n A FACT can be proved true or false. An OPINION is what someone believes or thinks. K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013
Nonfiction Use content text books to create: n nonfiction paired passages n reading comprehension questions n vocabulary questions n usage/mechanics questions n constructed response questions n research connections K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013
Paired Passage Lesson
Technology Enhanced Items (TEI’s)
Technology Enhanced Items (TEI’s)
Sorting Mat
Compare & Contrast Paragraph
Nonfiction n Use VDOE resources: Sample Paired Passages n Sample Text-Dependent Questions n Enhanced Scope and Sequence Sample Lesson Plans n K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013
Nonfiction Organizational Patterns • Chronological or Sequential • Comparison – Contrast • Cause – Effect • Fact - Opinion • Problem – Solution • Process K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013
Text Structures n Text Structures http: //languageartsreading. dadeschools. net/pdf/Elementary. Documents/Intermediat e/Text. Chart. pdf n 20 Strategies to teach text Structure http: //usd 262. com/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/3550/File/Curriculum/Liter acy/Comprehension/Textstructure_resources. pdf
Nonfiction Text features Boldface Italics Color Captions Headings & Subheadings Graphics K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013
Text Features n Informational Text Features http: //www. mcps. org/Language_Arts_Files/Resources/Informational. Text. F eatures. Chartofback 2 april. pdf n Text Features Posters http: //modx. mcps. org/Title_I_Files/Text%20 Features. pdf
Nonfiction Conventions Scavenger Hunt
“Take Aways” Turn to the person next to you and share n one “Fact Take Away” & n one “Opinion Take Away” from this workshop. n K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013
Contact Information n Debbi Fewster Montgomery County Public Schools n debbifewster@mcps. org n n Dawn Wilson Montgomery County Public Schools n dawnwilson@mcps. org n
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