The Notice & Note Series
In Notice & Note and Reading Nonfiction, Kylene Beers and Bob Probst have created practical resources that teachers love because they engage students in deeper, closer reading of literary and nonfiction texts. Kylene and Bob’s signposts lessons, big questions to support nonfiction readers, and the classroom know-how that drips from every page have made these books an essential tool for English/Language Arts teachers everywhere.
Visit www.heinemann.com/ReadingNonfiction for special previews, videos, and more. Also available: Reading Nonfiction Student Bookmarks and Notice & Note/Reading Nonfiction Signpost Student Bookmarks “When students recognize that nonfiction ought to challenge... more
"Just as rigor does not reside in the barbell but in the act of lifting it, rigor in reading is not an attribute of a text but rather of a reader’s behavior—engaged, observant, responsive, questioning, analytical. The close reading strategies in Notice and Note will help you cultivate those critical reading habits that will make your students more attentive, thoughtful, independent readers."
—Kylene Beers and... more
Kylene and Bob have designed these bookmarks to be at-hand guides as students closely read nonfiction texts. One side contains the 3 Big Questions presented in Reading Nonfiction. These questions help students discern the author's intent and bias. The other side is the 5 Reading Nonfiction signposts that help readers answer the Big Questions by stopping and seeing how the author is presenting purported truths. With each signpost... more
Kylene and Bob have designed these bookmarks to be at-hand guides as students closely read literary or nonfiction texts. One side contains the 6 signposts for literary texts from Notice & Note. The other side displays the 5 signposts for nonfiction texts from Reading Nonfiction. With each signpost is helpful advice on when to STOP in a text and what questions readers can ask themselves when they spot a signpost. Available... more
“The essential element in rigor is engagement. If students are to read rigorously they must be committed to understanding some intriguing character, to solving some problem, to figuring out what a writer believes and how those thoughts compare with their own. The literary signposts in Notice and Note encourage this rigor. Now in the Notice and Note Literature Log, we share our signposts with students.”
—Kylene... more
“The essential element in rigor is engagement. If students are to read rigorously they must be committed to understanding some intriguing character, to solving some problem, to figuring out what a writer believes and how those thoughts compare with their own. The literary signposts in Notice and Note encourage this rigor. Now in the Notice and Note Literature Log, we share our signposts with students.”
—Kylene... more
