Searching For and Using Information:
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Students in all academic arenas are required to find answers to various problems, big and small. The most effective way to accomplish these problem solving dilemmas are to search for and use information gather from various sources to make logical conclusion or presentations. Site
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Students learn to interact with the texts they read for various reasons. These reason include: gathering information about an unknown topic (research), learn about a character in a selection (plot, character analysis), and to gain clarity which works to increase their comprehension (understand steps or processes).
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“It is important that beginning readers learn… how to search for and use different kinds of information with the goal of using all sources of information together.”-Gay Su Pinnell and Irene C. Fountas
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Increasing Comprehension
Text Clues
Reference sources
Research Method
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Increasing Comprehension
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“Readers search for the information they need to gather from a text. They know they must have enough information to expend their knowledge of the content.” This can be achieved by having the readers focus on word meanings, visual information which includes the sequence words, and using multiple sources to locate information to aide in increasing student comprehension.
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Meaning
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Because each language has a collection of words specific to its
culture, readers must be able to interpret the vocabulary used.
Words can have several meaning making it difficult to
comprehend the text. Teaching word origins and how to use
context clues provides the reader with a starting point for
decoding unfamiliar words
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Visual Information
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Early readers interact with text through words that are part of the selection. This ability to gather information or create a story line can be achieved by looking for letter sequence, parts of a particular word, recognizing text features, accessing background knowledge or through the emotions and responses that make the characters meaningful.
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Use Multiple Sources
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Searching for and using the kind of
information that is needed to solve
problems in the most effective ways to
come up with a solution. This can be
done by checking references and
sources for accuracy, and by thinking
simultaneously about how all sources fit
together.
Text Features
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Textbooks and nonfiction books often contain special features which
can be used to help the reading understand and organize the
information being presented. Text featured makes it easier for the
reader to locate needed information with ease.
Headings Bold wording
Graphics (pictures,
graphs, charts)
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Heading, subheading and Bold Text
Heading:
Used to help readers find
out what the selection is
going to be about. The
heading can also help the
reader figure out the main
idea of a selection.
Bold Text:
These large dark print
words leads the reader to
important or new
vocabulary words to aide
in understanding the
information being
presented.
Subheading:
A small division of a
chapter, essay, or article
that provided more
specific information
about a topic.
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Graphics
These graphs, charts,
diagrams, maps, photographs
or tables are used to further
explain the information that
has be presented. This
information provided a visual
representation of the text
included in the selection.
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Index and GlossaryThe index of a nonfiction book is used to guide the reader to specific
information by looking up keywords. The index is found in the back of the
book. The glossary is also found in the back or at the end of a nonfiction text.
The glossary is specific to the text being read . It provides the reader with the
definitions of words important in comprehension of the text.
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Reference Source Print and Online
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Reference sources are the print and electronic source used to gather information about
a variety of topics in one location. Encyclopedia, dictionary, almanac, atlas, thesaurus are
examples of reference sources commonly used to answer questions or learn more about
a concept.
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Encyclopedia
A collection of articles or entries that
summarize a larger body of information.
These articles often include illustrations,
diagrams, or photographs on the topic
or person being discussed. This
information can be general or specific
based on the topic or content area.
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Dictionary
This word book is an alphabetical
collection of words, their
pronunciations, origin, and part of
speech. The words may be specific to
a particular populations’ language or a
translation of languages.
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Almanac
This collection of list, forecast, moon phases , planting
recommendation, and yearly highlights provided the reader with a
wide variety of information based on their occurrence during the year.
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Internet Based Resources
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Research Models
Increase Comprehension
Text Features
Reference Sources
Activities to increase reading comprehension
Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension
Choice Literacy
Teaching comprehension
Informational Text
Text Feature PowerPoint
Online Encyclopedia
Online Dictionary
Online Almanac
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Research Model
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Searching for and Using Information
Introduction
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Introduction 2 Increasing Comprehension
Reference Sources
Research ModelsText Features
Word Meanings Multiple SourcesVisual Information
Headingbold text Graphics Index/Glossary
Encyclopedia Dictionary Almanac