Key text features found in most informational texts are a table of contents, index, glossary, photographs and illustrations, labels, captions, comparisons, cutaways, maps, close-ups and types of print ...

In an English/language arts classroom in Iowa, 10th graders are analyzing the rhetoric in books about computer geeks, fast food, teenage marketing, the working poor, chocolate-making, and ...

In the edWebinar, “ Strategies to Engage Young Learners with Informational Texts,” Nell Duke, Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture at the University of Michigan School of Education, offered ...

With the Common Core Standards came an increased focus on reading informational texts, starting with kindergarten. But integrating informational texts isn’t as simple as having students read a couple ...