Taking the Next Step in Guided Reading: Teaching Text Structure

Taking the Next Step inContent Area Reading and Writing:Teaching Text Structure

Dr. Karen Blake RuffnerSchool and District Improvement Coach815-978-1855karenblakeruffner@gmail.comAgendaWhy is text structure important?

What are the kinds of text structures?

How can we teach students about text structure? Why is Text Structure important?Research shows that the Knowledge about the ways different types of texts are structured and the ways these structures reveal the organization and interweaving of the authors ideas have been shown to influence comprehension, memory and writing/composition skills.Karen Hess, National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2008.Common Core Anchor Standards for ReadingCraft and Structure:

5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.

Common Core Anchor Standards for WritingText Types and Purposes1:

2.Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

Production and Distribution of Writing:

4.Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Smarter Balanced English Language Arts Cognitive Rigor Matrix Analyze at DOK 2

Analyze format, organization and text structuresText StructuresThere is 1 basic text structure for fiction.Story Map that includes:

CharactersSettingProblemEventsSolution

There are 5 basic text structures for non-fiction.1.2.3. Description/DefinitionProcess/Chronological Order123456 Compare and ContrastCause and EffectEffect EffectEffectIncident/Event CauseCauseCauseProblem and SolutionSolutionProblemGuided Reading DemonstrationStone Soup Level J (beginning 2nd grade)

I Work at Night Level C (end of kindergarten)

Isadore Blows Ashore Level R (middle 4th)

Where Water Comes From Level O (middle 3rd)Beginning Reading StrategiesLook at the picture. Reread.Get it started and guess. Reread.Look for chunks. Reread. Get it started. Skip the word and read on. Reread.Crash through the word. Reread.After you guess, check to see if the wordLooks right? Sounds right? Makes sense? Comprehension StrategiesComparing and contrasting supported by evidence from the textSummarizing supported by evidence from the textClarifying QuestioningVisualizing supported by evidence from the textPredicting supported by evidence from the textInferencing supported by evidence from textUsing text structure to analyze the textEvidence of LearningA Running Record and/or Anecdotal NotesCompleted Graphic Organizer showing Text Structure

Any Reading Strategy or Word Workcan and should be taught across the entire Balanced Literacy framework.

Read AloudShared ReadingGuided Reading or Reciprocal TeachingReading Workshop - Literature Circles/Inquiry CirclesIndependent ReadingModeled WritingShared or Interactive WritingGuided WritingWriting WorkshopIndependent WritingTaking the Next Step inContent Area Reading and Writing:Teaching Text Structure

Dr. Karen Blake RuffnerSchool and District Improvement Coach815-978-1855karenblakeruffner@gmail.com