Improving Reading Skills Across the Content Areas: Ready-to-Use Activities and Assessments for Grades 6-12 / Edition 1

by Rebecca J. Gault

Overview

Based on IRA and NCTE standards, these classroom-tested reading activities will benefit all students in Grades 6-12, including gifted, special education, and ELL students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412904605
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/11/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

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

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

Editorial Reviews

"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

"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