A New Kind of Currency: Informational Text Literacy in Elementary School

In the current global economy, skills in the informational text genres are increasingly important for communicating ideas among professionals. The Reading Framework for the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress described informational text broadly as a major type of text that includes exp...

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Published in:Communiqué (National Association of School Psychologists) 2012, Vol.40 (5), p.4
Main Author: Rowe, Sarah Stebbe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Classroom Techniques
Classrooms
Elementary School Students
Grade 1
Grade 4
Instructional Materials
Intervention
Libraries
Literacy
National Competency Tests
Parent Teacher Cooperation
Reading
Reading Achievement
Reading Instruction
Reading Skills
School Psychologists
Skill Development
Skills
Teaching Methods
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Summary:In the current global economy, skills in the informational text genres are increasingly important for communicating ideas among professionals. The Reading Framework for the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress described informational text broadly as a major type of text that includes exposition, argumentation or persuasive text, and procedural text. Informational text is set apart from narrative text because of differences in the structure and purpose of the text. To participate fully in the modern society, students must be able to locate, understand, and use informational text. School psychologists are in an excellent position to advocate for literacy assessment, instruction, and interventions that contain informational texts. The purpose of this article is to provide school psychologists with an overview of several areas: (1) The need for literacy skills in informational text; (2) A comparison of narrative and informational text genres; (3) Current instructional practices and student achievement with informational text; (4) Tips for communicating with parents and teachers regarding informational text; (5) Further resources on informational text; and (6) Action steps for school psychologists. (Contains 2 figures.)
ISSN:0164-775X