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Crafting and Presenting Engaging Non-Fiction Text

Crafting and Presenting Engaging Non-Fiction Text. Using digital tools to enhance an inquiry approach to teaching non-fiction reading and writing. Background and Resources. The Inquiry Approach. Starts with students’ questions. Study leads to answers and more questions.

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Crafting and Presenting Engaging Non-Fiction Text

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  1. Crafting and Presenting EngagingNon-Fiction Text Using digital tools to enhance an inquiry approach to teaching non-fiction reading and writing

  2. Background and Resources

  3. The Inquiry Approach • Starts with students’ questions. Study leads to answers and more questions. • Content is the outcome of study not the starting point. • Depth not coverage (exceeding standards) • Grounded in authentic processes and products • Teacher’s role is to facilitate learning not to transmit knowledge Harvey and Daniels (2009)

  4. Sunflower Seeds:Shared Mini-Inquiry

  5. Publishing with Draw and Tell

  6. I Wonder Books: Small Group Mini-inquiry iDiary for Kids

  7. Using Images to Prompt Inquiry

  8. Bat Inquiry Project:In-depth Shared Inquiry Project

  9. Reading Strategies Taught • Activate background knowledge • Listen to your inner voice • Think and wonder about images • Use text features to gain information • Annotate text • Ask questions and wonder about info. • Stop, think and react • Read with a question in mind. Harvey and Goudvis(2007)

  10. Research Strategies Taught • Choosing a researchable question(s) • Exploring and using multiple sources • Books • Magazines • Websites • Videos • Ask an expert • Observe • Letting go of misconceptions • Organizing findings Harvey and Daniels (2009)

  11. Publishing with Popplet

  12. Animals in Winter

  13. Publishing with Book Creator

  14. School Now and Long Ago:Individual Curricular Inquiry

  15. Severe Weather SafetySmall Group Curricular Inquiry Collaboration Strategies Taught • Turn and Talk • Stop, Discuss and Record • Build on others ideas • Disagree agreeably

  16. Teaching a New App • Explore: no direction • Activity: project with no academic goals • Application: Assigned use with defined academic goal. • Choice: App is one of several options to chose from for students’ purposes

  17. Open Inquiry: Individual In-depth Inquiry Project • Immersion/close study of non-fiction texts • Selection of mentor texts • Selection of topics • Teacher gathers resources • Research and write • Publish

  18. Thank you!clancypm@mps.k12.mi.usQuestions and Comments

  19. References Harvey, Stephanie. Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8. York, Me.: Stenhouse Publishers, 1998. Harvey, Stephanie, Anne Goudvis, Strategies That Work Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement. Portland, Me.; Markham, Ont.: Stenhouse Publishers ; Pembroke Publishers, 2007. Harvey, Stephanie, Daniels, Harvey, Inquiry Circles in Action: Comprehension and Collaboration. Portsmouth, NH, 2009. Miller, Debbie. Reading With Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades. Stenhouse Publishers, 2002. Ray, Katie Wood. About the Authors: Writing Workshop with Our Youngest Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2004.

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