Close Reading of Informational Texts (eBook)

Assessment-Driven Instruction in Grades 3-8

Sunday Cummins (Autor)

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2012 | 1., First Edition
194 Seiten
Guilford Publications (Verlag)
978-1-4625-0787-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This essential book provides a roadmap for instruction and assessment of close reading skills in grades 3-8. To engage deeply with informational texts--a key requirement of the Common Core standards--students need to determine what details are important, how they fit together to convey a central idea, and how to synthesize information from multiple sources. They also need to understand the unique demands of different text features and structures. Presenting effective instructional strategies that teachers can tailor to their own classrooms, the book includes lesson plans, vignettes, and examples of student work, plus a Study Guide with professional learning activities and discussion questions.

Autor

Sunday Cummins, PhD, is a literacy consultant and facilitator for the New Schools Project at the Erikson Institute in Chicago. Formerly, she was Assistant Professor of Education in the Reading and Language Department at National Louis University. Prior to teaching at National Louis, Dr. Cummins worked in the public schools for 10 years as a middle school and third-grade teacher and as a literacy coach. Dr. Cummins has written articles for The Reading Teacher and Talking Points, and shares her work on teaching with informational texts by presenting at state, national, and international conferences. Her website is www.Sunday-Cummins.com.

Inhalt

Foreword, Camille BlachowiczIntroduction: Why Teach Close Reading of Informational Texts?1. What Does "Close Reading" Mean? 2. An Assessment-Driven, Structured Approach to Teaching 3. Introducing Synthesis with Interactive Read-Alouds 4. Understanding the Features of a Text5. Strategic Previewing of a Text to Set a Purpose 6. Self-Monitoring While Reading Informational Texts7. Determining Importance in a Text8. Determining Importance and Synthesis across Texts Closing Thoughts Appendix: Study Guide

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.11.2012
• Vorwort: Camille Blachowicz
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 180 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
• Schlagworte: Assessments • close reading skills • Common Core State Standards • Comprehension • content areas • Curriculum • informational texts • instruction • intermediate grades • Lesson Plans • Literacy • middle grades • Nonfiction • reading methods • "substance abuse, behavior change, psychotherapy, interventions, addictions, ambivalence, resistance, therapy, counseling field, counseling students, interviewing skills, meth addiction, life coaching, helping professionals, therapeutic relationship, helping professions, professional counselor, core concepts, social workers, transpersonal, rationales, person-centered, exam, cognitive-behavioral, court-ordered, modality, clinicians, evidence-based, revisions, trainers, therapists, counselors, seminar, exerci • Teaching • text complexity • upper elementary • vocabulary
• ISBN-10: 1-4625-0787-5 / 1462507875
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4625-0787-0 / 9781462507870