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Ciecierski, Lisa M.; Bintz, William P. – Reading Teacher, 2018
This article presents the concept of tri-texts as a potential next step from paired texts following a collaborative inquiry with fifth-grade students. Paired texts are two texts intertextually connected, whereas tri-texts are three texts connected this way. The authors begin the article with a short literature review highlighting some of the…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Grade 5, Teaching Methods, Text Structure
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Roehling, Julia V.; Hebert, Michael; Nelson, J. Ron; Bohaty, Janet J. – Reading Teacher, 2017
Comprehending expository reading material is a challenge for many students. Research has shown that students' expository reading comprehension can improve with the help of text structure instruction. The purpose of this article is to present teachers with a framework for effectively implementing text structure instruction in their classrooms.…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Grade 2
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Tyler, Jennifer – Reading Teacher, 2010
Teacher Jennifer Tyler shares her experience of creating a text set for a social studies unit on colonial America.
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Grade 5, Reading Aloud to Others
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Gately, Susan E. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2008
It is a challenge for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to integrate language, social understanding, and emotional intent of messages to understand their social world. They often have deficits in language and social cognition and difficulty interpreting and labeling emotions and incorporating or integrating each of these aspects of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Protocol Analysis, Autism
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Heller, Mary F.; McLellan, Hilary – Reading Psychology, 1993
Describes a model procedure for integrating direct instruction in story structure with reader response to literature in two settings: traditional storybook read-aloud sessions and nontraditional HyperCard computer sessions. (SR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Grade 5, Hypermedia, Intermediate Grades