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Correll Book Award For Excellence in Early Childhood Informational Text - What Is Informational Text?

1. Informational text is a type of non-fiction text that aims to inform readers about the natural or social world without using characters or narratives. 2. It uses specialized language and structures like tables of contents, indexes, and illustrations to efficiently provide information to readers. 3. The Correll Book Award examines informational texts for young children based on criteria like accuracy, authority of the author, accessibility and appeal for the target age group of birth to age 8, and adherence to the informational text genre.

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Correll Book Award For Excellence in Early Childhood Informational Text - What Is Informational Text?

1. Informational text is a type of non-fiction text that aims to inform readers about the natural or social world without using characters or narratives. 2. It uses specialized language and structures like tables of contents, indexes, and illustrations to efficiently provide information to readers. 3. The Correll Book Award examines informational texts for young children based on criteria like accuracy, authority of the author, accessibility and appeal for the target age group of birth to age 8, and adherence to the informational text genre.

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Correll Book Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Informational Text - What is Informational Text?

What is Informational Text for Young Children? Informational Text is a subset of the larger category of non-fiction (Duke & BennettArmistead, 2 !"# Its $rimary $ur$ose is to inform the reader about the natural or social %orld# Different from fiction, and other forms of non-fiction, informational text does not utili&e characters# 'urther, it has s$eciali&ed language characteristics such as general nouns and timeless (erbs that are not common in other genres# )ome exam$les of this structure %ould be* +Dogs bark,# +)ome sea snakes are -uite deadly#, or +A$$les can be red, yello%, or e(en green., Authors of informational text em$loy a (ariety of structures to assist the reader in finding information -uickly and efficiently# These might include a table of contents, an index, bold or italici&ed text, glossaries for s$eciali&ed (ocabulary, embedded definitions for s$eciali&ed (ocabulary, realistic illustrations of $hotos, ca$tions and other labels, and gra$hs and charts# /nlike narrati(es that tell a story across time in a linear fashion, informational text is often (though not al%ays" non-linear# It is $o$ular %ith skillful and non-skillful readers as it is usually to$ical and readers can locate a text on nearly any to$ic of interest# )ome exam$les of ty$es of informational text include cause and effect books, +all about0, books, -uestion and ans%er books, and most reference texts# The -uality of informational text can be 1udged in a (ariety of %ays# 'or this a%ard, %e %ill examine the texts %ith an eye on the follo%ing categories* Accuracy of Content Is the content timely, accurate and direct2 Is this text likely to ad(ance a young child3s %orld kno%ledge2 Authority of Authorshi! 4hat are the -ualifications of the author on this to$ic2 4ere collaborators consulted2 Accessi"ility to the Age #rou! $"irth to age %& 4hile the text does not ha(e to a$$eal to the entire age range, does the $rimary audience fall %ithin the range2 'idelity to #enre Does the text em$loy features of informational text2 If other genres are also $resent, such as in informational $oetry, is the $rimary $ur$ose to inform about the natural or social %orld2 Is this a clear exam$le of informational text2 A!!eal to Children of Age #rou! Is the text on a to$ic of interest to young children2 Is the design manageable for a young child2 Do the features su$$ort young children3s interaction %ith the text2 Do the features assist young children in com$rehending the content2

4e kno% that %hen ex$osed to a (ariety of genres, e(en (ery young children can tell the differences bet%een them and identify features of the texts# Additionally %e kno% that ex$osure to and instruction using informational text can significantly im$act young children3s de(elo$ing %orld kno%ledge as %ell as their ability to com$rehend text# Thank you for 1oining us as %e ad(ance exem$lary informational text for young children. Dra%n from* Duke, 5#6 & Bennett-Armistead, 7#)# (2 !"# Reading and writing informational text in the primary grades: Research based practices. 5e% 8ork* )cholastic#

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