Cite evidence for the importance of using quality text for student achievement.
Understand the role of quality text in the Science of Reading and the Simple View of Reading.
Identify characteristics of quality text using rubrics or other evaluation tools.
Using rubrics and other evaluation tools, identify the best complex text to use with your students.
Explore INFOhio's resources to find quality text.
Explore text sets as a tool to support student comprehension.
Reflect on learning by sharing information with others.
In this class, learn about quality text from INFOhio and how to use it to scaffold students when reading complex text. Participants will understand the importance of quality text to the Science of Reading and the Simple View of Reading. They will explore creating and using text sets as a strategy for building background knowledge and vocabulary. Below is a description of each lesson and an estimate of the amount of time it may take to complete each one.
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Getting Started
Pretest: Take a quiz to find out what you know or need to know about the inquiry process. 5 minutes
Welcome to the Quality, Grade-Level Text from INFOhio Class: Review the class objectives and the class overview. 5 minutes
Using Open Space Groups: Join the High-Quality Instructional Materials for Each Child group in Open Space. In this group, discuss and reflect with like-minded educators on the integration of this resource into the classroom. 5 minutes
Quality, Grade-Level Text
Why is Quality Text Important: Learn more about the place of quality text in the the Science of Reading and the Simple View of Reading. 25 minutes
What is Quality Text?: Explore rubrics and evaluation tools to help analyze and evaluate text. 20 minutes
Complex Text: Idenitfy the characteristics of complext text. 25minutes
What Have You Learned So Far?: Take a short quiz to check what you know. 5 minutes
Using Texts Sets to Scaffold Readers and Build Comprehension
What is a Text Set?: Explore text sets as a tool to support student comprehension. 20 minutes
The Quad Text Set Framework: Learn more about the Quad Text Set framework and how to use it. 45 minutes
Finding Quality, Grade-Level Text from INFOhio
Using ISearch to Discover the Best Text for Students: Learn how to search multiple resources at once to find quality text from INFOhio for creating text sets. 25 minutes
Using EBook Collections from INFOhio: Identify eBook collections helpful for locating quality text to be used in text sets. 25 minutes
Discovering Informational Text from INFOhio: Explore resources with informational text to use in text sets. 25minutes
Using Digital Media to Support Literacy: Identify additional media to use to scaffold students and build background knowledge and vocabulary. 25 minutes
Checking Your Learning
Self-Assessments: Answer questions to reflect on what you learned. 10 minutes
Final Quiz and Contact-Hour Certificate: Take a quiz to earn a certificate for contact hours. 5 minutes
