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Informational Text

Big News!

Children randomly assigned to have access to a tablet w/ Molly of Denali resources (vs. those given a tablet that blocked those resources) for only nine weeks had higher informational text achievement—and the more they used the resources, the more they gained.

To learn more see

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Inside Information Downloadables

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Speaking Up for Science and Social Studies

30-minute video

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Includes a content-knowledge-building and infotext feature lesson

1-hour video

Putting PBL to the Test:

The Impact of Project-based Learning on Second-graders' Social Studies and Literacy Learning and Motivation in Low-SES School Settings

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Diagrams, timelines, & tables, oh my!

Concepts and Comprehension of Graphics

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Using Informational Text to Build Literacy and Content Knowledge - Part I

20-minute video

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Using Informational Text to Build Literacy and Content Knowledge - Part II

10-minute video

The Genre-Specific Nature of Reading Comprehension

Evaluating Websites as Informational Sources

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The WWWDOT Approach to Improving Students' Critical Evaluation of Websites

Making the Most of Informational Text

Starting Out: Practices to Use K-3

Concepts of Comprehension Assessment (COCA)

Teaching Genre With Purpose

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An article about the impact of using the COCA on infotext comprehension and writing

The Impact of Instruction in the WWWDOT Framework on Students' Disposition and Ability to Evaluate Websites as Sources of Information

Connected Kids? K-2 Children's Use and Understanding of the Internet

The Real-World Reading and Writing U.S. Children Need

Some Older Pieces:

The Case for Informational Text

Let's Look in a Book:

Using Nonfiction Texts for Reference with Young Children

Strategies for Internet Reading with Different Reading Purposes: A Descriptive Study of Twelve Good Internet Readers

Authentic Literacy Activities for Developing Comprehension and Writing

Genres at Home and at School: Bridging the Known to the New

3.6 Minutes Per Day: The Scarcity Informational Texts in First Grade

Non-Narrative as a Catalyst for Literacy Development

"Can I Say Once Upon A Time?": Kindergarten Children Developing Knowledge of Information Book Language (1995)

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