Thursday, September 1, 2011
My Reaction to Effective Content Area Literacy Instruction in the Elementary Grades
I found this article to be very helpful. I think presenting informative text at an early age to students is a great idea. Personally I never comprehended informative text when it was presented to me. I can remember feeling as if it did not make any sense. The vocabulary was over my head. This made it hard to follow along in class due to my lack of comprehesion of informational text. Many students do not like science due to previous experiences with their text books or lack there of in previous grades. Finding a subtle way to introduce these books at an early age would allow students to get a head start on comprehending the information presented to them. I would like to know how much additional instruction time would be needed to implement the use of expository texts? How would I present text like this to younger students without overwhelming them(at their grade level)?
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Sarah, i agree that science textbooks can be overwhelming to elementary students. The vocabulary in them can seem very complex. I also thought your last question was a good one. How can we help teach students this type of text without overwhelming them? I think the easiest way to do that is start out by rewriting the sections we have them read in more understandable terms and then gradually exope them to more and more of the original text.
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