English SOL Institute Elementary Vocabulary & Nonfiction Reading Workshop Debbi Fewster & Dawn Wilson Montgomery County Public Schools

Vocabulary Use resources from English SOL Vocabulary Web pageWeb page Provide students with opportunities to study vocabulary in authentic texts (newspapers, labels, advertisements, etc.) and words from reading material Studying vocabulary from authentic texts strengthens nonfiction reading skills K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

Stoplight Knowledge Rating Red -If you don’t know a word at all… Yellow -If you have heard of the word but aren’t sure what it means… Green -If you know the word and can use it while speaking or writing… K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

Stoplight Vocabulary

Vocabulary Model context clues Crickwing Give plenty of practice opportunities Third Grade SOL Vocabulary Fourth Grade SOL Vocabulary Fifth Grade SOL Vocabulary Connect vocabulary instruction to the text through text-dependent questionstext-dependent questions K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

Crickwing Crickwing by Jannell Cannon Harcourt Children's Books; 2000

Nonfiction Nonfiction emphasizes text structures and organizational patterns Both emphasize making inferences and drawing conclusions based on explicit and implied information Differentiate between fact and opinion K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

A statement of FACT can be proved TRUE or FALSE. A statement of OPINION is what someone believes or thinks. There may or may not be a good reason to think this way. Words that give you clues that a statement is an opinion are believe, like, and should. These words express how someone feels. A FACT can be proved true or false. An OPINION is what someone believes or thinks. K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013 Nonfiction Use content text books to create: nonfiction paired passages reading comprehension questions vocabulary questions usage/mechanics questions constructed response questions research connections

Paired Passage Lesson

Technology Enhanced Items (TEI’s)

Sorting Mat

Compare & Contrast Paragraph

Nonfiction Use VDOE resources: Sample Paired Passages Sample Text-Dependent Questions Enhanced Scope and Sequence Sample Lesson Plans Enhanced Scope and Sequence Sample Lesson Plans K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

Nonfiction Organizational Patterns Chronological or Sequential Comparison – Contrast Cause – Effect Fact - Opinion Problem – Solution Process K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

Text Structures Text Structures e/TextChart.pdf e/TextChart.pdf 20 Strategies to teach text Structure acy/Comprehension/Textstructure_resources.pdf acy/Comprehension/Textstructure_resources.pdf

Nonfiction Text features Boldface Italics Color Captions Headings & Subheadings Graphics K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

Text Features Informational Text Features FeaturesChartofback2april.pdf FeaturesChartofback2april.pdf Text Features Posters

Nonfiction Conventions Scavenger Hunt

“Take Aways” Turn to the person next to you and share - one “Fact Take Away” & one “Opinion Take Away” from this workshop. K-12 English SOL Institute October 2013

Contact Information Debbi Fewster Montgomery County Public Schools Dawn Wilson Montgomery County Public Schools

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