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Non-Fiction Reading and Writing | A Balanced Literacy Approach | 2nd 3rd Grade
Reading nonfiction is important because it develops background knowledge, which accounts for 33 percent of the variance in student achievement. In this class, we study vocabulary, read, & respond to text-dependent questions and a text-based writing prompt.
7-9
year olds
1-8
learners per class
$12
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Meets 1x per week
Runs week after week
50 minutes per class
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Class Experience
Research indicates that students are not reading enough nonfiction texts. One reason reading nonfiction is so important is that it helps students develop background knowledge, which accounts for as much as 33 percent of the variance in student achievement (Marzano, 2000). Background knowledge becomes more crucial in the later elementary grades as students begin to read more content-specific textbooks (Young, Moss, & Cornwell, 2007), which often include headings, graphs, charts, and other text...
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Pencil and Paper
50 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.
The texts will be shared on the screen through Zoom's Screen Share feature.
The texts will be shared on the screen through Zoom's Screen Share feature. Articles come from Reading A-Z and Evan Moor's Non-Fiction Reading.
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