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    The document summarizes an action research project on improving nonfiction reading comprehension for higher-level reading students. It describes choosing three focus students, researching best practices for nonfiction comprehension instruction, implementing strategies like sticky notes and graphic organizers, and assessing students with pre, mid, and post-tests on text features and comprehension of short passages. Results showed improvement for all students in locating text features and answering comprehension questions, though the researcher wishes they could have individualized and focused more on answering questions from the text.

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    The document summarizes an action research project on improving nonfiction reading comprehension for higher-level reading students. It describes choosing three focus students, researching best practices for nonfiction comprehension instruction, implementing strategies like sticky notes and graphic organizers, and assessing students with pre, mid, and post-tests on text features and comprehension of short passages. Results showed improvement for all students in locating text features and answering comprehension questions, though the researcher wishes they could have individualized and focused more on answering questions from the text.

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    ACTION

    RESEARCH
    Abigail Hancock
    Second Grade

    Choosing My Students
    Background on my classroom
    Meeting with teacher
    Identified students
    Talked about the needs of students A, K, and S
    I was given a text
    Creating a research question
    What are best practices for improving nonfiction
    Comprehension in higher level reading students?

    The Importance of Nonfiction


    Nonfiction is often overlooked in the classroom
    Common Core Standards place more emphasis on nonfiction
    Increases background knowledge
    (Goodwin & Miller 2013)
    Giving students more time to read nonfiction is not sufficient
    (Topping et al., 2008)
    Leads to questioning the world around them
    (Ghiso, 2013)

    Best Practice Research


    Strategies
    Sticky notes for asking questions and interesting information
    Engages students in the text
    The teacher should model making connections
    Graphic organizers
    Writing down questions before reading (Harvey & Goudvis)
    Board = Paper (Lemov, 2010)

    Focus
    Nonfiction text features
    Picking out important information
    Answering questions from the text

    Assessments
    Text Features Assessment
    Bye-Bye, Fly Reading Comprehension Assessment
    Animals with Parachutes Reading Comprehension Assessment

    Text Features

    Bye-Bye, Fly

    http://www.cnusd.k12.ca.us/cms/lib/CA01001152/Centricity/Domain/1403/grades

    Animals with Parachutes

    http://www.cnusd.k12.ca.us/cms/lib/CA01001152/Centricity/Domain/1403/grades

    Progress Monitoring

    Overview of Meetings
    Sessions

    What we did

    Notes

    Pre-session (Oct. Met with teacher


    1)
    1 (Oct. 14)

    Initial Assessments

    Happy to complete

    2 (Oct. 15)

    Initial Assessments Cont.

    3 (Oct. 21)

    Teaching Nonfiction Text


    Features
    - Sticky Notes
    - Poster for reference

    Loved this, very engaged and


    worked together

    4. (Oct. 27)

    Noting new information


    - Sticky Notes

    Talked about their prior


    experiences

    5 (Oct. 29)

    Graphic Organizer with Rocks


    book

    Talked about their prior


    experiences

    6 (Nov. 3)

    Mid-Point Assessment

    Ran out of time for one


    assessment

    7 (Nov. 5)

    Remediation: Text Features File


    Folder

    Loved this, collaborated


    together

    8 (Nov. 19)

    Final Assessment

    Tired of reading the same

    Sample of Work

    Assessment Results
    Text Features Assessment

    "Bye-Bye, Fly" Comprehension Assessment

    8
    7
    6
    5
    4
    3
    2
    1
    0

    5
    4
    3
    2
    1
    0

    Student K

    Student A

    Student K

    Student S

    Student S

    Total Possible Points

    Student A

    Total Possible Points

    "Animals with Parachutes" Comprehension Assessment


    4
    3.5
    3
    2.5
    2
    1.5
    1
    0.5
    0

    Pre-Assessment Mid-Point Assessment Post-Assessment


    Student K

    Student S

    Student A

    Total Possible Points

    Reflection
    I wish I had individualize this more
    Student K was clearly ahead of the others
    I would have liked to have been able to focus more on explicitly
    answering questions from the text
    Thought they needed to note important information first
    Helped with locating answers

    I was unable to do all of the Mid-Point Assessments


    Although I was hesitant at first, this makes me excited to continue to
    learn more as I become a teacher
    Seeing student improvement is worth it

    Questions and Suggestions


    What other things could I have done better?
    What suggestions do you have for individualizing the instruction?

    Resources
    Ghiso, M. P. (2013). Playing with/through Non-Fiction Texts: Young Children
    Authoring Their
    Relationships with History. Journal Of Early Childhood Literacy, 13(1), 26-51.
    Goodwin, B., & Miller, K. (2013, Jan). Research Says/Nonfiction Reading
    Promotes Student
    Success. Received from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educationalleadership/dec12/vol70/num04/Nonfiction-Reading-Promotes-StudentSuccess.aspx.
    Harvey, S., & Goudvis, A. (2007). Strategies that Work: Teaching
    Comprehension for
    Understanding and Engagement. Stenhouse Publishers.
    Lemov, D. (2010). Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that put Students on
    thePath to
    College. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub.
    Miller, D. (2013). The Dazzling World of Nonfiction. Educational Leadership,

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