For Students Who Learned Part 1 Concepts in Kindergarten
Week 1: Review Key Skills and concepts from Kindergarten on NF
Week 1: Review Key Skills and concepts from Kindergarten on NF
Week 2:
Good readers monitor as they read—they notice when they don’t understand something.
Fix-Up Strategy 1: Reread and use the pictures.
Good readers monitor as they read—they notice when they don’t understand something.
Fix-Up Strategy 2: Notice tricky words and try to figure out what they mean (use the glossary, definition in parenthesis, next sentence, or word chunks)
Good readers preview NF before reading it. They think about what they already know about the topic. (Activate your background knowledge.)
Good readers preview NF before reading it. They think about WHY they are reading it—what do I wonder about this topic?
(Ask questions about your topic BEFORE you start reading.)
Week 3:
Good readers WONDER as they read—they ask more questions about what they are learning as they read. (“The more we know, the more we wonder!”)
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Good readers notice when they learn something new and state their new learning in their own words.
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Week 4:
Good readers use the Contents and the Index to search for specific info based on their questions.
Good readers can write notes or draw pictures about their new learning (using Post-Its, NF Journal, T chart, illustrations, etc.) so they remember what they learned.
Good readers use the graphic features (illustrations, diagrams, labels, photographs, etc.) on the page to get more information and answers to their questions.
Good readers notice how the book is organized (text structure: Q & A, Compare Contrast, ABC order, Chronological order: 1st, 2nd, 3rd) and sometimes use this to understand what they’re reading.
Week 5:
Readers can identify the MOST IMPORTANT THING (MAIN IDEA) on a page, in a chapter, or in the whole book.
(3–5 lessons, or more, to help students identify the main idea in informational text)
Week 6+:
NF Book Clubs, based on interest
Students work in small groups and read several NF books on one topic. They read, talk, and share what they are learning as they become “experts” on that topic. Focus Lessons help children learn to engage in conversations to deepen understanding about the topic and to compare/contrast the different texts they are reading. (See Kathy Collins, Reading for Real.)