"K-5"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Organizing texts, students, and classrooms for students to learn to read for information -- Reading for information in the elementary school -- Conversations for learning : classroom and school structures that support reading for information -- Before reading activities -- Attention getters : using anticipatory activities to build background knowledge -- Word for word : vocabulary development for information texts -- Read-alouds and shared readings : building vocabulary and background knowledge during reading -- During reading activities -- Questions, questions, everywhere -- Picture this : graphic organizers in the classroom -- Getting it down : teaching students to take and make notes -- After reading activities -- The power in the pen : writing to learn -- Assessment and testing reading for information.