Interactive Book Reading with Expository Science Texts in Preschool Special Education Classrooms

• Published in: Grantee Submission Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 185 - 193
• Main Authors: Breit-Smith, Allison, Busch, Jamie D, Dinnesen, Megan Schneider, Guo, Ying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Content Area Reading; Early Childhood Education; Group Activities; Group Discussion; Language Skills; Preschool Education; Reading Aloud to Others; Reading Strategies; Science Instruction; Special Education; Teaching Methods; Vocabulary Development

Expository, or informational, text can be defined as a type of nonfiction that describes a topic categorically by moving from subtopic to subtopic with the intent to teach content or convey information (Maloch & Bomer, 2013). One vehicle for teaching the text structure and language of expository...