Using text structures of information books to teach writing in the primary grades

Authors

Sarah K. Clark, Utah State UniversityFollow
Cindy D'On Jones, Utah State UniversityFollow
D. Ray Reutzel, Utah State University

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volume

41

Issue

4

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

Teaching children in the primary grades the text structures and features used by authors of information text has been shown to improve comprehension of information texts and provide the scaffolding and support these children need in order to write their own information texts. As teachers implement the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (CCSS), they will need support and training on how to meet these increased curricular demands. In this article, we describe how children’s information books can be used as exemplars of well-structured text models to teach young students how to write selected discourse patterns required in the CCSS. As children in the primary grades learn to recognize and use well-structured example information texts as models for their own writing, they will be better prepared to deal with less well-structured, more complex text examples in their reading and writing in the years to come.

Comments

Originally published by Springer Verlag. Posted with permission from publisher.

Recommended Citation

Clark, S. K., Jones, C. D., & Reutzel, D. R. (2013). Using text structures of information books to teach writing in the primary grades. Early Childhood Education Journal, 41(4), 265-271.