CONTENTS
Welcome to the Unit • iv
Bend I
Strengthen Nonfiction Research Skills: Researching Plants
1. Access Prior Knowledge About Your Topic Before Reading • 4 2. Preview the Text to Determine What it Will Teach and How • 10 3. Use Teaching, Acting and Gestures to Solidify Learning • 16 4. Use Sketching and Writing to Take Notes • 22 5. Learn From the Text and the Text Features • 28 6. Word Consciousness: Develop a Content Word Collection • 34 7. Elaborate on Learning to Help Knowledge Stick • 42 Progression of Small Groups to Support Orienting to Texts • 48
Bend II Research a New Topic, with Attention to Main Ideas 1. Launch a New Research Project, and Find Pop-Out Sentences that Convey the Main Idea • 56
2. Determine Main Ideas, Using Relevant Headings • 62 3. Generate Main Ideas from Supportive Details • 68 4. Identify Supportive Details to Fit with Main Ideas, and Jot Notes • 74 5. Transfer Word Study Learning to Connected Texts • 80 6. Craft Oral and Written Summaries of Texts • 86 7. Prepare to Teach Others as a Way to Solidify Learning • 92 Progression of Small Groups to Support Main Idea • 98
Bend III
Research Self-Selected Nonfiction Topics with a Focus on Vocabulary and Fluency
1. Explore the Whole Wide World of Nonfiction Texts and Topics • 108 2. Draw on Prior Learning to Start a New Research Project • 114 3. Determine Word Meaning Using Definitional Knowledge and Context • 120 4. Determine Word Meaning Using Morphology • 126 5. Read with Fluency, with Attention to Phrasing • 134 6. Use Textual Clues to Read Fluently • 140 7. Celebration—Read Aloud Fluently to Teach Others • 146 Progression of Small Groups to Support Reading with Fluency: Phrasing • 150 Quick Reference Guide • 156
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