KIM

Chart Journal Club Name: ____Julia Pierre_____________

Reading: Nurturing Inquiring Mind Through Nonc>on Read Aloud
Author: Tony Stead
Date: 4/16
Complete the following chart, based upon the ve most salient Key Concepts in the reading for you.

Key Concept

List the key concepts discussed in the

ar2cle, one concept per for.

Informa>on

What informa2on will help you remember this concept?

- With nonfiction literature they already had prior knowledge to

Active and Engaged learners when
using NONFICTION read aloud

contribute and werent passively wait- ing to hear a story unfold.

- -Duke (2000) found that an alarmingly low amount of nonfiction

was being used in classrooms

NF read a louds are lacking in schools 1. Although more than 98% acknowledged that they didnt do
enough read-alouds with nonfiction, 75% of these teachers
and therefore students opportunity and
didnt have or know how to locate appropriate nonfiction
access to these informational texts are
materials to read to their children.
also lacking
2. -lack confidence in reading them and having engaging
discussion with students about them
3. constitutes most of CC and adult life

Memory clue

Draw a visual that

will help you
remember this key
concept. (NOT
REQUIRED)

How to pick out NF read aloud is

important and needs to be just as
exciting and engaging as F ones.

We need to think beyond books and

broaden our horizons to magiannes
etcs

Ensure wide text type and variability

in order for all students to be
interested

Needs to have a creative hook

- need to be selective in material and find creative information
- have students help you rate the material
- share logs with other teachers
- -goodreads.com website lists great NF lit for read aloud
www.goodreads.com/ shelf/show/kids-non-fiction)

In fact much of informational literature is in the form of magazines,

newspaper articles, brochures, and websites.
-share articles with same grade level to obtain a massive array
-sometimes you have to take articles and rewrite them in order for
them to be engaging for students

Students need exposure to a variety of text types in order to have

deep understanding, retain more and have transferability of writing
forms
-We need to show them text that ARGUE, PERSUADE,
INSTRUCT, AND RESPOND.
-We need to broaden students linguistic thoughts