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Improving Reading Skills Across the Content Areas - Book Cover Look Inside

Improving Reading Skills Across the Content Areas

Ready-to-Use Activities and Assessments for Grades 6-12

A must-have, must-read resource for every teacher in all subject areas!

Literacy specialist Rebecca Rozmiarek shares more than 100 classroom-tested reading activities to benefit students in Grades 6-12, including gifted, special education, and ELL students. Based on IRA and NCTE standards, these activities foster independence, self-reflection, and motivation in all students. Student examples and sample modifications show teachers how reading activities can be used in content areas ranging from math, science, social studies, English, and more. Each chapter contains:

  • A skills overview
  • Descriptions of relevant subskills
  • Skill-building activities
  • An assessment rubric
  • Reproducibles of every activity

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Improving Reading Skills Across the Content Areas - Book Cover Look Inside
Product Details
  • Grade Level: 6-12
  • ISBN: 9781412904605
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2005
  • Page Count: 184
  • Publication date: July 11, 2012

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Description

Description

A must-have, must-read resource for every teacher in all subject areas!

"This is a great book and full of good ideas that every classroom teacher can use. It has ideas that can be used with diverse students-gifted, ESL, Special Education, and everything in between. Rozmiarek makes a substantial contribution to the reading field with this book."
-Arlene Myslinski, ESL Teacher
Buffalo Grove High School, IL

In today's competitive environment of standards-based education, improving reading proficiency and increasing content knowledge have never been more important. Yet, developing exceptional reading skills in middle and high school students presents many obstacles.

In this practical and user-friendly book, literacy specialist Rebecca Rozmiarek shares more than 100 classroom-tested reading activities that will benefit all students in grades 6-12, including gifted, special education, and ELL students. Incorporating years of success in helping struggling secondary students become expert readers, she provides both a jargon-free overview of critical research and activities that every teacher can use to improve reading comprehension and content retention. Student examples and sample modifications show teachers how reading activities can be used in content areas ranging from math and science to social studies and English, and more.

Each chapter contains:

  • A skills overview
  • Detailed descriptions of relevant subskills
  • Skill-building activities
  • An assessment rubric
  • Examples of student work
  • Blank reproducibles of every activity

Learn how to use double-entry journals, text coding, bookmarking, and questioning strategies to help students become more proficient readers. Based on IRA and NCTE standards, these activities foster independence, self-reflection, and motivation in all students.

Author(s)

Author(s)

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Rebecca Rozmiarek

Rebecca Rozmiarek is an author, national presenter, and master classroom teacher who has worked with both students and teachers across the curriculum in grades 6-12. As a Literacy Specialist, she works with teachers at Bel Air Middle School in Harford County Public Schools, Maryland to develop and implement effective reading strategies across the curriculum. In addition, she teaches struggling learners how to use strategies to acquire text information.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

About the Author

1. Introduction to Reading in Grades 6-12

2. Setting a Purpose for Reading

3. Connecting to Prior Knowledge

4. Understanding Vocabulary Terms and Concepts

5. Identifying Significant Information in Text

6. Visualizing Text Information

7. Asking Questions for Deep Understanding

8. Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences

9. Analyzing Text Structure

10. Evaluating the Author's Viewpoint

Resource: Reproducible Worksheets for Chapter Activities

Bibliography

Index

Reviews

Reviews

Quote by Arlene Myslinski, ESL Teacher, Buffalo Grove High School, IL: "This is a great book and full of good ideas that every classroom teacher can use. It has ideas that can be used with diverse students-gifted, ESL, special education, and everything in between. Rozmiarek makes a substantial contribution to the reading field with this book.
"This is a great book and full of good ideas that every classroom teacher can use. It has ideas that can be used with diverse students-gifted, ESL, special education, and everything in between. Rozmiarek makes a substantial contribution to the reading field with this book.
Arlene Myslinski, ESL Teacher
Buffalo Grove High School, IL
Quote by Class Notes, Spring 2006, Missouri State Teachers Association: "This guide dives into an abundance of tools to improve reading comprehension. Each chapter is filled with ideas to improve skills, such as games and note-taking strategies, and ends with rubrics to assess student progress."
"This guide dives into an abundance of tools to improve reading comprehension. Each chapter is filled with ideas to improve skills, such as games and note-taking strategies, and ends with rubrics to assess student progress."
Class Notes, Spring 2006
Missouri State Teachers Association

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