Professional Development on Reading

Chapter 4: Reading Literature

Craft and Structure
Standards 4, 5, and 6.
Objectives
1. To provide an overview of reading
literature for Craft and Structure
(standards 4,5, and 6)
2. Create Craft and Structure
questions based on the book:
Poppleton: Neighbors by Cynthia
Rylant
3. Be able to explain how the
standards change across grade
levels.
 Literature Standards
Phase one:

Anchor standards 1, 2 and 3 ask

students..

1. to summarize the text,

2. to connect parts of the text,
3. to infer central ideas and themes,
4. to trace their development across
the text.

Chapter 4 - (page 54)

 Think- Pair- and Share (2 minutes)
Based on standards 4, 5,
and 6...

What type of thinking is

asked of students in Craft
and Structure? And why do
you think that?
Craft and structure asks students to.
Phase two:

- To investigate the authors

decisions-
- language,
- POV,
- voice,
- style, etc.

Chapter 4 (p. 58-61)

 Currently, how do you engage
students in Craft and Structure?
Practice: Creating Tasks and Questions
2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade

Norma Christian Susan

Michael Jen Laura
Mohamed

- Read the story (individually or as a group)

- Look at standards 4, 5, and 6 for your assigned grade
- Write ONE question OR a possible task based on
book for each standard at your grade level.
The important questions then are...

If we ask our students to analyze for Craft and Structure, what

type of questions and assignments do we need to assign our
students?

How does the work differ from grade to grade?

How do the standards enhance/improve our instruction around

reading?