This presentation explores classroom-ready strategies which build student's confidence and competence as they read, write, and seek to understand texts of information. Resources and implementation support materials are provided below.

1. Non-Fiction Matters: Teaching Students to Read and Understand Informational Text Presented by Angela Maiers, 2007

2. For ALL students to achieve at the highest level and attain success in any venture as learners, workers, and citizens of the twenty first century.

4. Comprehension Comprehending

5. Nonfiction

6. Girls Like NF Too!!!!

8. "Fake" Reading

10. What Makes Reading Nonfiction So Hard?

13. Read Nonfiction Like Fiction! VS.

14. Read Nonfiction Like Fiction! VS.

15. Words! Words! Words!

17. spect inspect perspective introspective spectacles spectacular respect inspection inspector

18. graph bibliography autograph paragraph photography graphic autobiography

19. Schema Background Knowledge

21. Background Knowledge??? Warranty LAW TEXT Warranty 100%

22. The Grocery Store

23. Strategies Are Different!

25. 100% Rule Focus Stamina Attention Concentration Speed/Rate Self-Monitor

26. Planning For Instruction After During Before Reading Driving

28. Text Survey What do you expect to be reading about? What words/vocabulary do you anticipate to learn? Questions/Predictions Text Support Visuals Heading/Subheading

29. Roundtable Alphabet 1960’s Z Mao Zedong Y X W Woodstock V Vietnam U T S Sexual Revolution R Rock Music Q P Protests O N Nixon M Moon Walk L Long Hair K Kennedy J Jimi Hendrix I H Hippies G F Flag Burning E Easy Rider D Drugs C Civil Rights B Beatles A Apollo