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From: Cappiello, Maryann <mcappiel_at_lesley.edu>
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:28:55 +0000
We have heard of a few nonfiction courses for library students. Does anyone else on this list teach a nonfiction course for teachers? For six years no w, I've been teaching such a course, Exploring Nonfiction in the Elementary and Middle School Classroom, as part of our literacy masters program at Le sley. Every time I teach it, it's a paradigm shift for my students, all pra cticing early childhood, elementary, and middle school teachers. I don't th ink there are a lot of other courses like this out there in education progr ams. It is a missing piece of professional development in support of the ne w Common Core State Standards, with their emphasis on reading nonfiction/in formational texts.
Teachers are unfamiliar with nonfiction, and will really depend on school l ibrarians (those that are still left) to help educate them, minus professio nal development on the genre as a whole. When I think of nonfiction for you ng children, our focus this half of the month, it is essential for teachers to know that narrative nonfiction picture books make great read alouds. Ea rly childhood teachers and parents need to be educated about the potential of nonfiction picture books for exploring content, capturing curiosity, and modeling the language that we use for talking about the world. They need t o know how to make appropriate selections (i.e. not all nonfiction makes a good read aloud, not all nonfiction is a survey book, etc.). Imagine if stu dents come to kindergarten with an understanding of some elements of nonfic tion text structures and features, simply by absorbing them through informa l read alouds at home, at the library, in preschool or daycare? How many pr eschools or daycare centers or home lib raries have a balance of fiction and nonfiction?
Mary Ann Cappiello, Ed.D. Associate Professor Language & Literacy Division Coordinator, Collaborative Internship Partnership Graduate School of Education Lesley University
www.classroombookshelf.blogspot.com
Office Phone: (617) 349-8603 Office Location: 2-054 University Hall
Mailing Address: 29 Everett Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Received on Mon 05 Mar 2012 03:28:55 PM CST
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:28:55 +0000
We have heard of a few nonfiction courses for library students. Does anyone else on this list teach a nonfiction course for teachers? For six years no w, I've been teaching such a course, Exploring Nonfiction in the Elementary and Middle School Classroom, as part of our literacy masters program at Le sley. Every time I teach it, it's a paradigm shift for my students, all pra cticing early childhood, elementary, and middle school teachers. I don't th ink there are a lot of other courses like this out there in education progr ams. It is a missing piece of professional development in support of the ne w Common Core State Standards, with their emphasis on reading nonfiction/in formational texts.
Teachers are unfamiliar with nonfiction, and will really depend on school l ibrarians (those that are still left) to help educate them, minus professio nal development on the genre as a whole. When I think of nonfiction for you ng children, our focus this half of the month, it is essential for teachers to know that narrative nonfiction picture books make great read alouds. Ea rly childhood teachers and parents need to be educated about the potential of nonfiction picture books for exploring content, capturing curiosity, and modeling the language that we use for talking about the world. They need t o know how to make appropriate selections (i.e. not all nonfiction makes a good read aloud, not all nonfiction is a survey book, etc.). Imagine if stu dents come to kindergarten with an understanding of some elements of nonfic tion text structures and features, simply by absorbing them through informa l read alouds at home, at the library, in preschool or daycare? How many pr eschools or daycare centers or home lib raries have a balance of fiction and nonfiction?
Mary Ann Cappiello, Ed.D. Associate Professor Language & Literacy Division Coordinator, Collaborative Internship Partnership Graduate School of Education Lesley University
www.classroombookshelf.blogspot.com
Office Phone: (617) 349-8603 Office Location: 2-054 University Hall
Mailing Address: 29 Everett Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Received on Mon 05 Mar 2012 03:28:55 PM CST
