Barbara Moss and Virginia S. Loh

176 Pages Size: 8" x 10½"

A Paperback Original September 2010 ISBN 978-1-60623-926-1 Cat. #3926 Price: $26.00 $22.10 order

Ideal for Professional Development

• description
• reviews
• table of contents
• sample chapter
• about the authors
• audience
• classroom use
• reproducible materials

1. Selecting Informational Texts

2. Informational Text Interest Survey

3. Reading Informational Texts Aloud

4. Shared Reading with Informational Texts and Text Feature Search

II. Building Background Strategies

5. Anticipation Guide

6. KWHL

7. I See . . . I Wonder . . . I Know . . .

8. Table of Contents Prediction

9. Imagine, Elaborate, Predict, and Confirm

III. Vocabulary Strategies

10. Word Map

11. List-Group-Label

12. Word Sort

13. Concept Circles

14. Semantic Feature Analysis

15. Possible Sentences

IV. Comprehension Strategies

16. Three-Minute Pause

17. Sticky Notes Bookmark

18. 4-3-2-1 Discussion Guide

19. Four-Box Comment Card

20. Discussion Web

21. Data Chart

22. Study Guide

23. Semantic Map

24. Series of Events Chart

25. Venn Diagram

26. Cause-Effect Map

27. Problem-Solution Outline

V. Writing Strategies

28. I Remember

29. Written Retelling

30. Readers' Theatre

31. Two-Column Journal

32. Learning Log

33. Paragraph Writing Frame

34. I Used to Think . . . But Now I Know . . .

35. Summary Writing

Appendix: Recommended Materials