Second graders in Stacey Stafford’s class at Polk Central Elementary are using informational texts to become stronger readers, writers and researchers.
Students are studying features such as captions, labels and step-by-step processes, then using evidence from what they read to summarize information in their own paragraphs.
The work is helping students strengthen procedural writing skills while also learning how nonfiction texts organize and communicate information.
Their questions are often taking the learning a step further.
As students become curious about topics they encounter in class, they are turning to library books and other classroom reading to learn more, using those texts as a starting point for deeper exploration.
