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Author Moss, Barbara, 1950-

Title Exploring the literature of fact : children's nonfiction trade books in the elementary classroom / Barbara Moss.

Imprint New York : Guilford Press, ©2003.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  372.64 M913E    Check Shelf
Description x, 195 pages ; 27 cm.
Series Solving problems in the teaching of literacy
Solving problems in the teaching of literacy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Exploring the Nonfiction Genre -- The Importance of Informational Literacy -- Limitations of Textbooks -- Advantages of Nonfiction -- Trends in Recent Nonfiction -- Understanding the Forms of Nonfiction -- Multicultural Nonfiction -- Choosing Nonfiction Trade Books -- Guidelines for Book Selection -- Resources for Nonfiction Book Selection -- Matching Readers with Books -- Bringing Nonfiction into the Classroom -- Reading Nonfiction Aloud -- Making Nonfiction Part of the Classroom Reading Environment -- Organizing the Classroom for Nonfiction Literature Study -- Helping Students Read Nonfiction Strategically -- Strategic Readers of Informational Text -- Understanding Factual Texts -- Activating Prior Knowledge -- Understanding Expository Text Structures -- Strategy Lessons for Teaching Text Structures -- Guiding Student Response to Nonfiction -- Understanding Response to Literature -- Bringing Response into the Classroom -- Oral Responses to Nonfiction Literature -- Written Responses to Nonfiction -- Content Area Learning through Nonfiction -- Nonfiction Trade Books for Content Area Teaching -- Inquiry in the Content Area Classroom -- Orbis Pictus Award-Winning Books.
Summary Provides teachers of kindergarten through sixth grade with practical strategies for using nonfiction trade books in language arts and content area instruction.
Subject Literature -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States.
Children's literature -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States.
Children -- Books and reading -- United States.
Children -- Books and reading. (OCoLC)fst00854849
Children's literature -- Study and teaching (Elementary) (OCoLC)fst00855849
Literature -- Study and teaching (Elementary) (OCoLC)fst01000033
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Literature -- Study and teaching.
Children's literature -- Study and teaching.
Children -- United States -- Books and reading.
ISBN 1572308036 (cloth)
9781572308039 (cloth)
1572305460 (pbk.)
9781572305465 (pbk.)
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