Informational vocabulary

[Anonymous]

DC gets stuck at the parts for informational vocabularies on MAP R for the fall and winter test at 4th grade. He is strong on fictional vocabularies. He reads many fictions at home, and he does not know what books he should read to improve informational vocabularies. I may or may not have those books at home of I know what they are. I am confused what " fictional" & " informational" vocabularies he is talking about. Any ideas?

[Anonymous]

Can you ask the teacher?

[Anonymous]

Non fiction reading. Have him read more non fiction and listen to some fun science/history podcasts

[Anonymous]

Speech language therapy

[Anonymous]

This is way less mysterious than MAP makes it sound.

“Fictional vocab” = story words. Emotions, dialogue, character actions, plot stuff.
“Informational vocab” = real-world words. Science, history, how things work, cause/effect, topic-specific terms.

If your kid mainly reads novels, this result is completely predictable. Not concerning. Not a diagnosis. Just exposure.

There isn’t some secret list of “informational vocabulary books.” MAP just wants regular nonfiction in the mix:
– science and nature books
– history / biographies
– how-things-work books
– kids magazines (Nat Geo Kids, Time for Kids, etc.)

MAP rewards kids who read nonfiction consistently. That’s it.

Add more nonfiction. Score goes up. No existential crisis required.

MAP loves to rebrand common sense and call it data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is way less mysterious than MAP makes it sound.

“Fictional vocab” = story words. Emotions, dialogue, character actions, plot stuff.
“Informational vocab” = real-world words. Science, history, how things work, cause/effect, topic-specific terms.

If your kid mainly reads novels, this result is completely predictable. Not concerning. Not a diagnosis. Just exposure.

There isn’t some secret list of “informational vocabulary books.” MAP just wants regular nonfiction in the mix:
– science and nature books
– history / biographies
– how-things-work books
– kids magazines (Nat Geo Kids, Time for Kids, etc.)

MAP rewards kids who read nonfiction consistently. That’s it.

Add more nonfiction. Score goes up. No existential crisis required.

MAP loves to rebrand common sense and call it data.

Exactly.

OP, here are some non-fiction samples with multiple choice questions that are similar to many standardized tests.
https://content.schoolinsites.com/api/documents/a6cbcab9caec4533865bb00b6388b8da.pdf
It can give you an idea of the types of subjects and styles of non-fiction writing your kid might see on a test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is way less mysterious than MAP makes it sound.

“Fictional vocab” = story words. Emotions, dialogue, character actions, plot stuff.
“Informational vocab” = real-world words. Science, history, how things work, cause/effect, topic-specific terms.

If your kid mainly reads novels, this result is completely predictable. Not concerning. Not a diagnosis. Just exposure.

There isn’t some secret list of “informational vocabulary books.” MAP just wants regular nonfiction in the mix:
– science and nature books
– history / biographies
– how-things-work books
– kids magazines (Nat Geo Kids, Time for Kids, etc.)

MAP rewards kids who read nonfiction consistently. That’s it.

Add more nonfiction. Score goes up. No existential crisis required.

MAP loves to rebrand common sense and call it data.

Exactly.

OP, here are some non-fiction samples with multiple choice questions that are similar to many standardized tests.
https://content.schoolinsites.com/api/documents/a6cbcab9caec4533865bb00b6388b8da.pdf
It can give you an idea of the types of subjects and styles of non-fiction writing your kid might see on a test.

Thank you PP for the non-fiction samples above. I have never seen him read something like that. Can you share more samples or list of book for 4th/5th grade level like that?