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This past week in PLC we discussed adding in more nonfiction text to support out F & P text sets and our Science and Social Studies. This Quarter, we will be jumping into Text Feature and Text Structure so I thought touching back on this topic wold be helpful.  

 

One of my very favorite strategies that supports text features & structure is text mapping!  It is a visual way for students see how information is organized.  It allows them to see the flow of the text and reinforces vocabulary & text features.   

Text Mapping can be used to teach Reading Comprehension, Writing skills, Study Skills and Course Content. The text is presented on scrolls and the mapping that the students will do is explicit based off of teacher modeling. 

• The text will be shown as a whole.
• Students will have random access to all parts of the text all at once. 
• Student will use concrete, multi-sensory thinking skills to manage abstract thinking tasks 

Text mapping teaches students to be strategic thinkers and active readers through the following:

• Text mapping & the scrolls force students to move forced  They will walk back and forth along the length of the scrolled text.  Reading becomes a physical, as well as mental activity.  (I LOVE THIS!)
• The marking of the text can simply be done using pencils, pens, colored markers, highlighters, etc. This act forces students to physically interact with the text.  This process of marking forces students to think and to make decisions.

Tips: 

• Choose a text that connects to a fiction story from your mini-lessons. 
• Color code the text features.
• Allow them to record what they discovered. 
• Model, model, model!
• Display their work!

Here are some of my favorite videos:)  

This is a great blog about text mapping!

CHECK this OUT from the Creative Core!

Text mapping is such a fantastic way to get students reading closely with a text!