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 Trinkle, C. (2007). Teaching the use of informational text is information literacy. School Library Media Activities Monthly, 24(3), 37-40. Retrieved June 21, 2009, from Academic Search Complete.


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 * 1. "There is a tremendous need for informational texts as read-alouds and as replacements for weak basal readers that do not have the vocabulary or content-area knowledge so vital to students." (p. 37)

2. "One of the ways I challenge myself to incorporate informational text into my position as a K-4 library media specialist is to read aloud informational texts as well as fictional works of literature. My goal is to read aloud informational text half the time, and I continue to look for new titles every day to share with students. The library media specialist can be an instrumental instructional partner with the classroom teacher when he or she presents informational text in this way to students." (p. 38)

3. "Teacher read-alouds are a great way to model fluent reading for students of all grades, and students should hear text read aloud every day." (p. 38)

4. "As modeled read-alouds, informational texts can't be beat. They are high-interest books for many students and offer vocabulary not just found in fictional works." (p. 38)

5. "Many library media specialists who may be apprehensive about reading aloud informational text can be assured that students not only enjoy it, but they will learn from is. Students are able to comprehend what they hear much more than they can comprehend what they read independently. This is because student reading comprehension until grades 7 or 8 is not as strong as oral comprehension.

6. "Students need to be taught - directly and explicitly - how to use informational text, how to use the features of informational text, how to learn that they do not have to read every page or even every section, and that captions for pictures, tables, and graphics provide a lot of useful information very quickly." (p. 40)

7. "Teaching the use of informational text is teaching information literacy with the goal of teaching students how to access, evaluate, and, especially, use information. It is a waste of time to help students access and evaluate information if the student is unable to use the information at hand in research projects." (p. 40) || 1. Our new reading textbook series has 50% fiction and 50% nonfiction selections.

2. This would be particularly effective if the media specialist uses the standards and curriculum maps to choose nonfiction read-alouds.

5. I have never seen a specific grade applied to this statement.

6. Unless taught about text features, children often omit reading them.

7. Trinkle offers good suggestions for media specialists and teacher to choose and use informational texts as read-alouds. ||  Tags: read-aloud, anecdotal, reasons for reading aloud, choosing material , frequency