Nonfiction Reading Coaching Guide During this unit, you’ll frequently need to coach students to apply the nonfiction skills and strategies they’ve acquired to texts. You may want to have this coaching guide at your fingertips to provide in-the-moment coaching based on students’ needs. Coaching to Activate Background Knowledge z “You’re recalling so many things you already know. Keep asking, ‘What do I already know about this topic?’” z “What connections can you make between the idea you jotted and the big topic?” z “Jot down what you think you know. You can always revise your map later if you learn something new.” z “Let’s work together to list a few words that might be important to this topic. I’ll start.” Coaching to Support Previewing Texts z “Remember to ask yourself what you expect to learn.” z “Look at the cover, the table of contents, and even the first few pages to get a sense of how the book will go.” z “Ooooh, you skipped right past the table of contents! There’s a lot in there!” z “Study the heading and graphics. What ideas do they give you about what this text will teach?” z “Ask yourselves, ‘What will this text probably teach? How will this text probably go?’” z “Tell your partner what you’re noticing about how this text will go.” z “You might not know a lot about this specific topic yet, but I bet you know a lot about the general topic of ____. Right now, brainstorm some of the things you know about ____.” Coaching to Support Synthesizing within the Text z “Study each of the text features. The author included each one for a reason.” z “Talk about how the text features and the paragraphs fit together.” z “Interesting. You noticed that the text feature introduces a new idea.” z “What more are you learning in this part? How does it add to what you’ve already learned? Try saying, ‘I already learned… Now I am learning…’” z “With your partner, take turns touching parts of the text. Then, talk about how those two parts fit together.” z “Let’s study this diagram together. We can read the labels and captions closely and then discuss how each part fits with the paragraphs.” Coaching to Support Vocabulary Building z “What new words have you discovered? What do they mean?” z “How does that word fit with your topic?” z “When you learn a new word, talk about it. Challenge yourself to say a lot.”
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Bend I • Strengthen Nonfiction Research Skills: Researching Plants
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