Why do you think that it is important to teach children how to access and use different kinds of informational text? Should parents be helping in this area with real-life activities, such as helping children create something using a How-To book?

PROMPT:
As a college student, you probably read primarily informational text. According to the Anderson (2013) Informational Text is “literature whose primary focus is to inform the reader by providing an in-depth explanation of factual material” (p. 289). First, select one kind of Informational Text: Newspaper; Magazine; Encyclopedia; Textbook; Consumer Documents; Public Documents; Workplace Documents; Maps/Geography; or How-To Books. Next, find a sample of the type of Informational Text you selected but do not read or study it (i.e. If you selected Newspaper, you would need to find an article to use for this discussion). Before you read or study the informational text sample, create a KWL chart ( has instructions and examples if you are unfamiliar with this chart. Fill in the chart before and after you read or studied the information in your sample.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.educationworld.com%2Ftools_templates%2Fkwl_nov2002.doc&psig=AOvVaw2OAHeNkt86zacDuzjzJGM9&ust=1638908682582000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAkQjRxqFwoTCPDb1veA0PQCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAK)
Paste the chart in the discussion board or attach it in an .rtf or .doc document. Why do you think that it is important to teach children how to access and use different kinds of informational text? Should parents be helping in this area with real-life activities, such as helping children create something using a How-To book? Give a detailed example of how you could use informational text in a classroom, homeschool, family, or other academic setting with children. Give the reasoning behind your thinking with detailed examples to support your opinions.

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