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- 05/14/15 | Adjusted: 09/21/15 | 1 file
- Grades K-High School
- 05/14/15 | Adjusted: 09/21/15 | 1 file
Building Knowledge
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Building knowledge through content rich non-fiction
Building knowledge through content rich non-fiction plays an essential role in literacy and in the Standards. In K–5, fulfilling the standards requires a 50–50 balance between informational and literary reading. Informational reading primarily includes content rich non-fiction in history/social studies, science and the arts; the K–5 Standards strongly recommend that students build coherent general knowledge both within each year and across years. In 6–12, ELA classes place much greater attention to a specific category of informational text—literary nonfiction—than has been traditional. In grades 6–12, the Standards for literacy in history/social studies, science and technical subjects ensure that students can independently build knowledge in these disciplines through reading and writing. To be clear, the Standards do require substantial attention to literature throughout K–12, as half of the required work in K–5 and the core of the work of 6–12 ELA teachers.
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Building Knowledge Video
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The Instructional Practice Guide is used throughout this professional development session. Access the online tool, or use the print versions below.
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ELA / Literacy
Grades K-2: Reading/Listening Comprehension
Grades 3-12
It is also helpful to have the Shifts for ELA/literacy available for reference throughout the training.
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- Ensure that instruction and materials explicitly and systematically provide all students with the opportunity to master foundationalskills.
Focus each lesson on a high-quality text (or multiple texts).
High-Quality Texts: This activity involves participants in practicing evaluating the complexity and quality of a sample text. Quantitative, qualitative and reader and task considerations, introduced in the presentation, are practiced and followed with an answer key.
- Ensure that instruction and materials explicitly and systematically provide all students with the opportunity to master foundationalskills.
Employ questions and tasks, both oral and written, that are text-specific and accurately address the analytical thinking required by the grade-level standards.
Text-Dependent Questions: This activity includes evaluating a text and sample set of sample questions for text dependency and quality using a set of criteria.
Provide all students with opportunities to engage in the work of the lesson.
The discussion questions for Core Action 3 are located within the PowerPoint.
Putting It All Together: Observing a lesson using the Instructional Practice Guide
This activity includes viewing a lesson, reviewing related artifacts, and using the Instructional Practice Guide.
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"Man's Search for Meaning"
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