Important Reasons for Using Information Books with Primary ...



Important Reasons for Using Information Books with Primary Grade Children

1. Advances in technology and information put additional literacy demands on all readers (Kamil & Lane, 1997; Kletzien & DeRenzi, 2001; Leu, 2000).

2. Most of what children read outside of reading class is informational, and most of what adults read is information text (Venesky, 2000).

3. National organizations and state and national standards are calling for even young children to be effective readers of information (IRA & NAEYC, 1998; Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998).

4. Standardized tests measuring children’s literacy achievement include information text (Calkins, Montgomery, Santman & Falk, 1998).

5. Children who read more than one type of text have higher reading achievement (Dreher, 2003).

6. Information text has motivational potential (Alexander, 1997, Dreher, 2003).

7. Children like information text, in fact, for some children information provides a way into literacy that narrative cannot (Caswell & Duke, 1998; Kletzien & Szabo, 1998).

8. Beautiful, engaging, interesting nonfiction books are being published in increasing numbers.

9. Quality science and social studies nonfiction print materials can enrich and extend a student’s hands-on experience, and help infuse science and social studies content into an already overloaded curriculum.

10. Academic achievement in school relies heavily on informational reading and writing.

11. The skills and strategies for reading nonfiction are different than those for fiction.

Some of the information listed above is from a workshop given by Sharon B. Kletzien, Westchester University called Primary Children and Information Books, a Motivating Match.

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