CHAPTER 15: INFORMATIONAL READING

Objectives

As a result of reading and studying this chapter students will be able to:

• Identify why informational text is often more difficult than narrative text
• Identify types of informational texts
• Identify five types of text structure
• Match a graphic organizer for each of the types of text structure
• Identify how graphic organizers support students' comprehension of informational text
• Name and explain the three overlapping features of considerate text
• Identify ways in which students can recognize the text structure of informational text
• Identify three types of metacognitive awareness that help students monitor their comprehension of informational text
• Describe how the KWL procedure helps students connect to their world knowledge
• Identify ways in which students can apply the strategy of prediction to informational text
• Describe how the QAR framework can help students answer questions about informational text
• Identify how teachers can help students learn to use the strategy of visualization when reading informational text
• Identify two summarizing strategies that can help students comprehend and recall content in informational text
• Compare how reader response differs when reading informational and narrative text
• Describe the characteristics of an engaged reader
• Identify the benefits and additional demands of reading Web-based text
• Explain the benefits of increasing instructional time with informational text in the primary grades
• Identify the type of texts that become increasingly important after grade 3
• Explain when and how to assess comprehension of informational text

Key Terms

• Expository text
• Considerate texts
• Coherence
• Metacognitive awareness
• Clink and Clunk
• Engaged readers
• Web-based text

Assessment

Instructional PowerPoint