| What we know about how an informational text is structured or built is part of our schema, or prior knowledge. |
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| Scaffolded informational text reading is the use of one grade level informational text for all students. |
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| Just as important as increasing the amount of informational text that students read is varying the kinds of informational text they read. |
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| Although some of those strategies do apply to informational text, reading for information is a different game. |
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| As students become familiar with different organizational patterns used in their textbooks, they will use their knowledge of text structure for reading and writing informational text. |
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| In class, we read some classic short stories, and we also cover poetry and informational text. |
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| All these are, of course, habits of mind for proficient readers, and each is also emphasized by the common core standards for informational text. |
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| The Common Core, however, emphasizes informational text. |
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| Both ideas involve analyzing and evaluating informational text, something many teachers are thinking about as states ramp up for full implementation of the Common Core Standards. |
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| Informational text is eight to 15 paragraphs long with clear organization in print or electronic form. |
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