Description: Close Reading of Informational Sources : Assessment-Driven Instruction in Grades 3-8, Paperback by Cummins, Sunday, ISBN 1462539459, ISBN-13 9781462539451, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Cummins, a literacy consultant and author, explains how to teach students in grades three through eight close reading of informational sources using an assessment-driven approach. She addresses what it means to engage in close reading of traditional printed texts, infographics, and videos; strategies students need to be aware of when engaging in making sense of informational sources; a three-phase plan for learning that is assessment-driven and the instructional practices needed to implement it; introducing sources and teaching students to make informed predictions before engaging with them; and specific purposes for close reading, including synthesis and identifying main ideas, monitoring for meaning, identifying and explaining key details, learning from a resource’s visual images and other features, using context clues to make sense of unfamiliar vocabulary, and synthesis of information from multiple sources, with discussion of planning lessons and assessment. This edition has a new three-phase learning plan; close reading of video, audio, and infographics; chapters on new topics like locating and vetting informational sources and teaching the use of context clues to learn new vocabulary; and additional features, such as sidebars with explanations of comprehension strategies, sample lessons, examples of students' written responses, suggestions for assessment, tips for follow-up instruction, and a companion website. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Close Reading of Informational Sources : Assessment-Driven Instru
Number of Pages: 258 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Close Reading of Informational Sources : Assessment-Driven Instruction in Grades 3-8
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Subject: Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics, Study & Teaching, Rhetoric, Elementary, Teaching Methods & Materials / Language Arts, Literacy
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines, Education
Item Length: 10.5 in
Author: Sunday Cummins
Item Width: 8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
