Informational Text

The Using Informational Text series (Rowman), by Audrey Fisch and Susan Chenelle, provides classroom-ready resources for English teachers.

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Students from language arts and math classes team up to create one-page field guides for key mathematical concepts.
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Building background knowledge for readers and writers is critical. You have to know stuff to read and write stuff. Today, I begin a new year of posting articles of the week (AoWs). See the first one of 2022-2023 here: https://t.co/aMBn7oY4zs

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Pair with Gwendolyn Brook’s poem “We Real Cool”

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Learn five new #vocabulary words and see how they have been used in The Times. #WordoftheDay
vanquish: https://t.co/X0mrVgEGlw
inscrutable: https://t.co/QJ5wDXguRd
vulnerable: https://t.co/9i3iTaQQkK
repugnant: https://t.co/XZq5OZrt7u
verve: https://t.co/voA9EeC3MP

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In this lesson, students will learn about replacement theory, its role in the racist massacre in Buffalo and other mass shootings -- and how it manifests in mainstream politics and media.

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What do you #noticeandwonder about this graph? Add your comments to the site now or join our live-moderated discussion next Wednesday. #WGOITG https://t.co/eVvfbCmDX8

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In this lesson, students will look at history through archival photography from The New York Times. https://t.co/hVy4YRnLgv

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Google's "3 dots" will save your students much grief by making @lateralreading simple. Have you noticed the 3 dots to the right of each result? 🧵 1/4

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We're hosting a live-moderated discussion today about this graph. Teachers from @AmstatNews are replying to students' comments on our site from 9am-2pm Eastern time. #NYTgraphchat https://t.co/PyUlZz89Et

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In this Lesson of the Day, students will learn about one of the largest collections of Black history in the country. https://t.co/pJEKUBU7vn

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In this Lesson of the Day, students will learn about inflation and what the current rise in prices means for the United States. https://t.co/yYUladhaMt

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What’s going on in this picture? We're hosting a live-moderated discussion today about this photo. Teachers from @VTSNational are responding to students in the site's comments section. https://t.co/HiLsO1YQJT

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What do you #noticeandwonder about this graph? Add your comments to the site now or join our live-moderated discussion next Wednesday.  #WGOITG https://t.co/OUCbvgJv12

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In this Lesson of the Day, students will learn about the power of community gardens and consider the importance of nature in our lives. https://t.co/AFZTVmcAXN

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NCTE, in partnership with the Library of Congress, invites high school teachers to apply for a fellowship in the New Perspectives on Primary Sources (NPPS) Project. A stipend is offered for this professional learning work. Deadline to apply is December 1. https://t.co/rq4o7JAyyI

[Carol Jago @CarolJago]

Teaching The Crucible? Here’s an essential essay by Arthur Miller to accompany the play.

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How can you get students interested in reading informational texts? How can you help them make connections between unfamiliar topics and their own lives?

Here are 18 warm-up activities, with dozens of examples, to help teachers with lesson planning:
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What do you #noticeandwonder about this graph? Add your comments to the site now or join our live-moderated discussion next Wednesday. #WGOITG https://t.co/xL6m6YyMP4

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Learn five new #vocabulary words and see how they have been used in The Times. #WordoftheDay
laissez-faire: https://t.co/NciIgvQKi1
facile: https://t.co/NK0QqPwERi
anomaly: https://t.co/ZDDCUOkIlZ
falter: https://t.co/fJruqssMIP
conflagration: https://t.co/vtADwbkLmL