When using informational text, provide a guide for your students by annotating on the document or with a separate supporting document in order to simplify challenging information, clarify new vocabulary and summarize long text.
Example:
In this, students are provided with an additional document to reference while reading Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. This document provides reminders, such as looking at text features, defines key vocabulary and asks prompting questions to guide comprehension.
Further Reading:
Cummins – Close Reading of Informational Texts (2013)
Barclay and Stewart – The Everything Guide to Informational Texts K-2 (2014)
Created by Kristen L Hodnett
Reviewed by Kathy Furlong Silverio
Categorised in: (2) Language, Math Expressions, Symbols, (3) Comprehension, REPRESENTATION