We have just started an investigation about volcanoes with my ELLs from 4th and 5th grade. We read some very easy nonfiction text. It was a good way to start because the text was understandable for everybody, including my non-English speaker. I will now move on to somewhat more difficult text, since they now have some [...]
Archive for the ‘Nonfiction Reading’ Category
Non-fiction articles online
April 18, 2008
Targeting Reading for Information
January 22, 2008
On Saturday, January 19, 2008, I attended the Tucson Area Reading Council (TARC) conference on targeted reading interventions with Dr. Maryanne Manning and 2 educators from Alabama. They were like a comedy team–lots of laughs and lots of great lesson ideas that I’d like to share with you. One reading lesson that caught my eye [...]
