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Today’s Playlist• Informational ITunesParticipants will understand the importance of informational text and its unique features and structures

• Soulful Strategies Participants will gain knowledge of strategies that will assist students in comprehending informational text

• History Hip HopParticipants will gain ideas for Deepening Content knowledge and integrating studies weekly into the literacy block

Why Informational text?

According to research, informational text…• Is the key to success in school• Surrounds us as adult readers

informational text Is All Around us

Informational Text

Pillowcase Activity

Informational Text

Purpose for Reading

Strategies Used

Newspaper- sports section

To read the write up about the game

Used index to find sports section; skimmed to find the headline (heading)

CookbookLook up recipe for supper

Title pages and skimmed to find name of dish

Why Informational text?

According to research, informational text…• Is the key to success in school• Surrounds us as adult readers• Is the favorite reading material for some

children

Why Informational text?

According to research, informational text…• Is the key to success in school• Surrounds us as adult readers• Is the favorite reading material for some

children• Builds background knowledge about the

world

Why Informational text?

According to research, informational text…• Is the key to success in school• Surrounds us as adult readers• Is the favorite reading material for some

children• Builds background knowledge about the

world • Builds vocabulary and literacy skills

Informational TextHow is it different?

Text Features

Print Features

Graphic Features

Organizational Features

titles, subtitles, captions, bullet points, sidebars, headings, bold and

italic print, pronunciation guides

photographs, charts, graphs, maps, timelines, diagrams, labels, insets,

cutaways, cross-sections, tables

table of contents, glossary, index

Using Text Features as we read

We can use text features

to…

Make Predictions/

Ask Questions

Summarize the Text

Find the Main Idea

Organize the Text

Text structure• Text structure refers to how a specific

piece of text is “built” or organized.• Writers use different structures to build

their ideas and each structure communicates the ideas in a unique way.

Compare and

Contrast

Cause and Effect

Problem/ Solution

Chronology

Descriptive

Why is text structure important?

• When students can identify the text structure it Helps them set a purpose or plan for reading

• When students can identify the text structure, they can comprehend the text more easily and retain the information longer

• According to the standards, students must be able to compare the structure between 2 or more texts

Putting the pieces together

Informational Texts

Determine overall focus

Set purpose for reading

Read and discuss by asking questions that lead students to the overall meaning and

structure of passage or text

Bring in additional

texts about the same

topic

Respond to the text in writing

to deepen comprehension

Determine structure/overall goal

Set purpose for reading

Written response to text

Ask questions that lead to overall purpose

Bring in multiple texts

Stages of a Hurricane: Simple Storms Grow Into Giants

A storm progresses through four different stages before it is actually considered a hurricane. First is a tropical disturbance, which has thunderstorms and rotating winds, or what scientists call cyclonic circulation. Next is a tropical depression, which is similar to a tropical disturbance, but has winds between 23 and 39 miles per hour. A tropical storm is the next level, which has stronger wind speeds between 40 and 73 miles per hour. Once winds reach 74 miles per hour, the storm is officially classified as a hurricane. The winds pick up energy from the warm surface ocean water.Excerpt from Hurricanes: Nature’s Wildest Storms

by Erin Ryan superteacherworksheets.com

Effects of Hurricane Ivan

Hurricane Safety TipsThere is no way to stop a hurricane or make it change direction, so if you ever find yourself in the path of a hurricane, be sure to follow any emergency procedures that your community has in place. Here are some other hurricane safety tips.

• Be sure you have a battery-powered radio, batteries, fresh drinking water, and a supply of food. Also, if anyone in your family needs special medication, be sure you have a full supply.• Tell neighbors, friends, and family members your emergency plans. Tell them where you'll go if you need to leave your home.• If you live near the ocean, in low-lying area, or in a mobile home, leave your home and travel inland to a safe place. You could stay with a friend or family member, in an inland hotel/motel, or in an emergency shelter area.• Keep listening to the radio if a hurricane is approaching. If local authorities instruct you to evacuate, do it immediately.• Before a hurricane arrives, be sure your family's car is filled with fuel. If the electricity goes out, the fuel pumps at gas stations will not work.• Stay inside during the storm. You could be seriously injured if you go outside.

Taking it Back to the Classroom

• Discuss in groups or as a school- how will this impact our planning for informational text? What can we take back to the classroom?• next steps…

Intermission

Getting the most out of studies weekly

• To understand how studies weekly can be implemented effectively during the literacy block

• To understand different ways that students can interact with the text to increase understanding

Overcoming obstacles

TIME

Too much to cover

Difficult

content

Challenging

vocabulary Lack of background knowledge

On the road to success with studies weekly

IntegrateInto

Reading

Studies weekly in the literacy block

MondayIntroduce and read the main article from the Studies Weekly (the main focus for the week) – approximately 20 minutes

Tuesday-FridayStudents can complete several activities that relate to the SS Weekly during independent work time- you can assign specific activities or give them a choice out of the activities you’ve introduced and modeled

On the road to success with studies weekly

IntegrateInto

ReadingChunking the textJigsaw

jigsaw• Divide students into groups of 3-5 people• Assign each group or each student a specific

article or section of the studies weekly to read• The group or student becomes an “expert” on

their particular article and decides how they want to present the information to the class (poster, chart, etc…)

• Each group presents information on their article to the class/group

If You Have the…

Ace: “New Country with New Problems”

King: “Horrors and Hungers”

Queen: “Victory or Death”

Jack: “Cross and Double-Cross”

On the road to success with studies weekly

IntegrateInto

ReadingChunking the textJigsaw

Build Background

Bring in multiple passages

Response Logs

Response logs/journals

Students Can…

• Respond to an Essential question for each issue.

• Write sentences using key terms for the week.

• Write a summary about the main story or a specific section of the issue.

On the road to success with studies weekly

IntegrateInto

ReadingChunking the textJigsaw

Build Background

Bring in multiple passages

Response Logs

Extension activities to

reinforce content

Graphic organizers

Timeline

Cause/

Effect

Venn Diagram5 W’s

Main Idea/

DetailsEvent Maps

Living Venn Diagram

Divisions

The Revolutionary War was a time of great division. Americans were split into two groups: Patriots and Loyalists. Patriots were Americans who supported the struggle for independence. They believed that Americans should be free from the control of an English king. They fought against the English to establish a new government in America. Loyalists were Americans who remained loyal to the crown. Some of them were happy under English rule. Others believed that they might be rewarded after the Americans lost the war. Though both Patriots and Loyalists lived in America, a deep division ran between them.

From: http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/text-structure/

Viewing With a Purpose

• As you watch the video clip, I want you to identify the Differences Between the Continental Army And the British Army

The Most Important Book

Topic Sentence (Main Idea)

Details that Support

Main Idea

Restate Topic Sentence

(Main Idea)

The most important thing about maps is that they serve a specific purpose.

Political maps are used to show the boundaries between different countries and states. A physical map shows the physical features of a place such as landforms or bodies of water. A map can be used to locate a specific place or landmark or even show you the best route to your destination. But…The most important thing about maps is that they serve a specific purpose.

The Most Important Book Planning Sheet

The most important thing about George Washington is that he was a strategic leader.

Detail from Text:

Detail from Text:

Detail from Text:

But…The most important thing about George Washington is that he was a strategic leader.

The Most Important Book Planning Sheet

If I Were/How to Be PoemsIf I Were a House During the Dust Bowl YearsBy Melanie LopezIf I were a house during the Dust Bowl years,I would live in the middle of nowhere on the TexasPanhandle prairie.I would eat electricity while my owner had it.I would work hard to protect my family from the dust.For fun I would love to be cleaned with a straw broomonce every week.My happiest time would be to get a fresh new coat ofpaint outside.My greatest fear would be that my family would leave meto move west looking for work.I would love to be invincible so the wind would nevertopple me over,And I would always be able to protect my family.

If I Were a Patriot During the American Revolution

I would fight for independence.I would light the lanterns warning others of the British soldiers’ arrival.I would conceal my weapons so they wouldn’t be confiscated by the British soldiers.I would fight courageously.I would attend the Second Continental Congress in 1775.I would feel a sense of relief when the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776.

Word splash

Patriots

minutemen

American Revolutionindependence

Loyalists compromise

Concept/definition sort

Before Reading:Students match the word/concept with the definition they feel best matchesAfter Reading:Students discuss correct meaning of concepts and write a summary using the words correctly

Can be used in conjunction with the Word Splash

Concept Definition

Loyalists Colonist soldiers who supported King George and were loyal to Great Britain

Patriots Colonists who fought against the British rule

minutemen Patriots who could be ready to fight in 60 seconds or less

Revolutionary War

War fought in America from 1775-1781 to gain independence from Britain

compromise When each side gives up something to reach an agreement

independence Freedom

Taking It Back to the

Classroom…•What is one thing I want to take back and implement in my classroom? •What changes will I make in the area of Social Studies this year?

Wrapping Up

Inside/Outside Circle