English SOL InstituteElementary

Vocabulary &Nonfiction Reading

Workshop

Debbi Fewster & Dawn Wilson

Montgomery County Public Schools

Vocabulary Use resources from English SOL

Vocabulary Web 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

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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…

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Stoplight Vocabulary

Vocabulary Model context clues

Crickwing Give plenty of practice opportunities Third Grade SOL VocabularyFourth Grade SOL VocabularyFifth Grade SOL Vocabulary Connect vocabulary instruction to the text

through text-dependent questions

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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

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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

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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)

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

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Nonfiction

Organizational Patterns

• Chronological or Sequential

• Comparison – Contrast

• Cause – Effect• Fact - Opinion • Problem –

Solution• Process

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Text Structures Text Structures

http://languageartsreading.dadeschools.net/pdf/ElementaryDocuments/Intermediate/TextChart.pdf

20 Strategies to teach text Structure http://usd262.com/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/3550/File/Curriculum/Literacy/Comprehension/Textstructure_resources.pdf

Nonfiction

Text features Boldface

Italics

Color

Captions

Headings & SubheadingsGraphics

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Text Features Informational Text Features

http://www.mcps.org/Language_Arts_Files/Resources/InformationalTextFeaturesChartofback2april.pdf

Text Features Posters http://modx.mcps.org/Title_I_Files/Text%20Features.pdf

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.

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Contact Information Debbi Fewster

Montgomery County Public Schools debbifewster@mcps.org

Dawn Wilson Montgomery County Public Schools dawnwilson@mcps.org

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