Visual Devices teach how to read charts, graphs, and more.
Informational Texts
Informational texts are a broad category of nonfiction resources, including: biographies;
autobiographies; books about history, social studies, science, and the arts; technical texts
(including how-to books and procedural books); and literary nonfiction.
Studies show that only 7-15% of classroom time is spent studying informational text. Yet
by sixth grade, most of what students are required to read is nonfiction. What's more, 80% of all adult
reading is devoted to expository or nonfiction text. Success with informational text is critical to
students' future success in higher education and the workplace.
How to Use Informational Texts
Nonfiction/Informational books
and their accompanying lessons target specific skills and strategies along with supporting
worksheets, a graphic organizer, a set of discussion cards, and a comprehension quiz.
Lesson Supplements for both nonfiction
(and fiction) books address specific key shifts of lesson instruction. Text-dependent
questions help students read closely.
Other Resources for Informational Texts
Shared Reading nonfiction books ensure early readers work with
informational texts.
Our Close Reading Packs contain a large selection
of informational text to support reading multiple, short texts closely.
Visual Devices feature explicit instruction on text
elements, such as graphs, charts, maps, schedules, or other visual texts.
Content-Area Reading organizes books into featured
groups of common content area topics.
