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Nonfiction Reading Power

Teaching Students How to Think While They Read All Kinds of Information

Adrienne Gear
Year: 2008
Media: 160 pp/paper
ISBN: 978-155138-229-6
Grade Range: K-8

Tracking Code: WEB8229A Pembroke Title

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How can you help students find meaning in informational texts and become independent strategic readers and thinkers? Nonfiction Reading Power gives teachers a wealth of effective strategies for helping students think while they read material in all subject areas. Using the best children's books to motivate students, Adrienne Gear shows teachers how help students zoom-in, question and infer; find the main idea, make connections, and transform what's on the printed page. Key introductory concept lessons for each of the five reading powers provide valuable insight into the purpose of each strategy. The book also explores the particular features of nonfiction and offers lists of key books organized around strategies and subject areas.

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Foreword
Introduction

1. What is Nonfiction Reading Power
2. The Components of Nonfiction Reading Power
3. The Power to Zoom-In
4. The Power to Question/Infer
5. The Power to Determine Importance
6. The Power to Connect
7. The Power to Transform
8. Application and Assessment
Final Thoughts
Resources
Index


About the Author

Adrienne received her degrees from the University of British Columbia and spent three years teaching English in Japan. She was a classroom teacher for sixteen years and a teacher librarian for three years.
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