March/April 2013
Why Informational Text Is Important
1) Provides the key to success in later schooling

2) Prepares students to handle real-life reading

 

3) Appeals to readers' preferences

 

4) Addresses students' questions and interests

 

5) Builds knowledge of the natural and social world

 
6) Boosts vocabulary and other kinds of literacy knowledge

Adapted from:

Reading & Writing Informational Text in the Primary Grades 

by Nell K. Duke, Ed.D. and V. Susan Bennett-Armistead (Scholastic, 2003).
 

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Teaching Informational Texts to ELLs 

Common Core and ELLs (Colorin' Colorado Blog)

 

Interpretations Differ on Common Core's Nonfiction Rule 

Education Week, Jan 2013

 

Nonfiction Reading Promotes Student Success 

Educational Leadership, Dec 2012/Jan 2013

 

Common Core Quick Start: Strategies for Complex Texts Across Content Areas 

ASCD Express, Dec 2012

 

Scale Tips Toward Nonfiction Under Common Core 

Education Week, Nov 2012

 

Common Core and Informational Text 

Book Links, Sep 2012

 

Tools for Balancing Literary and Informational Text in the Common Core Standards 

ASCD Express, July 2012

 

Web Resources

New York Department of Education 

 

Common Core State Standards: Printable Resources

Booklist Publications

 

Text Complexity: Qualitative Measures Rubrics

Council of Chief State Officers

Text Project

Bringing the right texts to beginning and struggling readers

 

Tips for Reading Informational Text

Howard County Public Schools

 

What Does Text Complexity Mean for English Learners and Language Minority Students?

Understanding Language, Stanford University

Finding Informational Texts

Common Core Blog 

School Library Journal

 

Common Core Standards - Book Lists 

Cooperative Children's Book Center

 

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts Text Exemplars 

North Carolina Department of Education

 

Great Common Core Nonfiction

Kathleen O'Dean's YA Literature Blog 

 

Online Sources for Informational Text

Hello Literacy Blog 
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