Teaching Scientific Metaphors Through Informational Text Read-Alouds

Erica M. Barnes; Alandeom W. Oliveira

doi:10.1002/trtr.1634

Teaching Scientific Metaphors Through Informational Text Read-Alouds

University at Albany

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Abstract

Elementary students are expected to use various features of informational texts to build knowledge in the content areas. In science informational texts, scientific metaphors are commonly used to make sense of complex and invisible processes. Although elementary students may be familiar with literary metaphors as used in narratives, they may be less familiar with how metaphors function in science. In this article, the authors describe how teaching with scientific metaphor during informational text read-alouds can help elementary students become more cognizant of scientific metaphoricity and develop scientific literacy. Practical examples from two elementary classrooms are included.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	463-472
Number of pages	10
Journal	Reading Teacher
Volume	71
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.1634
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

Keywords

2-Childhood
Content literacy
Domain knowledge < Content literacy
Informational text < Strategies
Instructional strategies
Instructional strategies
Making inferences < Comprehension
Specific subject areas (math, art, etc.) < Content literacy
Text features
Text types
methods and materials
methods and materials
methods and materials
teaching strategies < Strategies
text features < Content literacy
text structure < Comprehension

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