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English SOL Institute
Elementary Vocabulary &
Nonfiction Reading Workshop
Debbi Fewster & Dawn Wilson
Montgomery County Public Schools
Vocabulary
Use resources from English SOL Vocabulary Web page
Provide students with opportunities to study vocabulary in authentic texts (newspapers, labels, advertisements, etc.) and words from reading material
Studying vocabulary from authentic texts strengthens nonfiction reading skills
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Stoplight Knowledge Rating
Red -If you don’t know a word at all… Yellow -If you have heard of the word
but aren’t sure what it means… Green -If you know the word and can use
it while speaking or writing…
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Stoplight Vocabulary
Vocabulary Model context clues
Crickwing
Give plenty of practice opportunities Third Grade SOL VocabularyFourth Grade SOL VocabularyFifth Grade SOL Vocabulary Connect vocabulary instruction to the text
through text-dependent questions
K-12 English SOL InstituteOctober 2013
Crickwing
Crickwing by Jannell Cannon Harcourt Children's Books; 2000
Nonfiction
Nonfiction emphasizes text structures and organizational patterns
Both emphasize making inferences and drawing conclusions based on explicit and implied information
Differentiate between fact and opinion
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A statement of FACT can be proved TRUE or FALSE. A statement of OPINION is what someone believes or thinks. There may or may not be a good reason to think this way.Words that give you clues that a statement is an opinion are believe, like, and should. These words express how someone feels. A FACT can be proved true or false. An OPINION is what someone believes or
thinks. K-12 English SOL Institute
October 2013
K-12 English SOL InstituteOctober 2013
Nonfiction
Use content text books to create: nonfiction paired passages reading comprehension questions vocabulary questions usage/mechanics questions constructed response questions research connections
Paired Passage Lesson
Technology Enhanced Items (TEI’s)
Technology Enhanced Items (TEI’s)
Sorting Mat
Compare & Contrast Paragraph
Nonfiction
Use VDOE resources: Sample Paired Passages Sample Text-Dependent Questions Enhanced Scope and Sequence Sample
Lesson Plans
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Nonfiction
Organizational Patterns
• Chronological or Sequential
• Comparison – Contrast
• Cause – Effect• Fact - Opinion • Problem –
Solution• Process
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Text Structures Text Structures
http://languageartsreading.dadeschools.net/pdf/ElementaryDocuments/Intermediate/TextChart.pdf
20 Strategies to teach text Structure http://usd262.com/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/3550/File/Curriculum/Literacy/Comprehension/Textstructure_resources.pdf
Nonfiction
Text features
Boldface
Italics
Color
Captions
Headings & Subheadings
Graphics
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Text Features
Informational Text Features http://www.mcps.org/Language_Arts_Files/Resources/InformationalTextFeaturesChartofback2april.pdf
Text Features Posters http://modx.mcps.org/Title_I_Files/Text%20Features.pdf
Nonfiction Conventions Scavenger Hunt
“Take Aways”
Turn to the person next to you and share -
one “Fact Take Away” & one “Opinion Take Away” from this
workshop.
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Contact Information
Debbi Fewster Montgomery County Public Schools [email protected]
Dawn Wilson Montgomery County Public Schools [email protected]
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