Content Literacy

READING INFORMATIONAL TEXTS....
One of our classes has been reading about the "what's hot, what's not" topics in reading...one topic that made the "what's hot" list is "reading informational texts"...I just happened to find a source with some suggestions for helping students with informational texts. Check out these links...

Predicting and gathering information with nonfiction textshttp://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=316
Using science texts to teach the organizational features of nonfictionhttp://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=413
Viewing vocabulary: Building word knowledge through informational websiteshttp://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1081
Exploring disability using multimedia and the B-D-A reading strategyhttp://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=256
Well that's all for now...let me know what you think or if you have any more links that we could post here...and if you try any of these ...tell us how things worked out for you