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Comprehending Nonfiction 4-6

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Comprehending Nonfiction 4–6


HQT™ Delivers the Professional Support to Improve Nonfiction Reading Instruction

Your Professional Dilemma: The reading demands on a student increase dramatically throughout the later elementary and middle school years, as the curriculum expands to include more in-depth work in science, social studies, and math.

Comprehending Nonfiction 4–6 helps you meet the needs of students struggling with vocabulary and comprehension of nonfiction texts on the PSSA.

Each package contains:

Pennsylvania HQT Comprehending Nonfiction 4–6 Handbook (1 copy)

Published by: Peoples Education

Description: 10 school-based professional development workshops address the unique needs of your students and the instructional strategies that you can provide to help them meet the challenges of reading and writing informational text

Exploring the Literature of Fact:
Children's Nonfiction Trade Books in the Elementary Classroom (1 copy)

by Barbara Moss

Published by: The Guilford Press

Description: A literacy reference book that provides research-based, classroom-tested ideas for using nonfiction trade books in all content area instruction.

What HQT Comprehending Nonfiction 4–6 Provides

School-based, teacher-led workshops that address:

  • Understanding characteristics of informational text
  • Examining and refining teaching approaches to using informational text
  • Relating research to classroom practice
  • Evaluating resources to find a balance of nonfiction and narrative texts
  • Fostering communication between home and school
  • Sustaining individual professional development to meet Pennsylvania and national requirements for Highly Qualified Teachers