In this course, Reading to Learn with Nonfiction Text, the students will be presented information through the Reading Workshop mini-lesson model of instruction. The lessons reflect a range of Informational Reading  learning standards for the second grade level. The components of each lesson includes:  a group meeting, a connection, teaching point, read aloud, teaching-demonstration & discussion, active engagements-students apply new skills, link- recap learning, small group instruction & conferring,mid- workshop teaching- reinforcement of skills, and a share meeting as the conclusion.   

    The students will be introduced to nonfiction structure  and how to read a nonfiction text through authentic literature using the mentor text to model nonfiction reading strategies. The course makes a connection between reading and learning about the world around us. This course spotlights skills and reading strategies essential to readers of expository nonfiction. Introducing strategies in: reading and note taking, determining importance of finding main idea and supporting details, figuring out and using new content-specific vocabulary, and comparing and contrasting analyzing information learned across texts. The students are guided to ask then respond to questions as they read to develop skills in key ideas to synthesize, process, and comprehend their nonfiction text. 
 
   The following meeting titles will be presented through power point presentation in our bitmoji classroom where students will meet to conduct their reading and complete their assignments. 
Meeting 1,  Introduction to Nonfiction Reading & Text Structure
Meeting 2, Previewing Nonfiction Text & Exploring Text Features
Meeting 3,  Summarizing While Reading Your Text & Asking Questions 
Meeting 4,  Becoming an Expert in Reading Nonfiction Texts & Content Vocabulary
Meeting 5, Main Idea/ Boxes and Bullets
Meeting 6,  Growing Ideas About Nonfiction Texts & Author’s Purpose
Meeting 7, Comparing Multiple Nonfiction Text
Meeting 8, Sharing Information in Nonfiction Text