List Books » Improving Reading Skills Across the Content Areas: Ready-to-Use Activities and Assessments for Grades 6-12
Authors: Rebecca J. Rozmiarek
ISBN-13: 9781412904605, ISBN-10: 1412904609
Format: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date Published: January 2005
Edition: 1st Edition
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.
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:
Learn how to use double-entry journals, textcoding, 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.
1 | Introduction to reading in grades 6-12 | 1 |
2 | Setting a purpose for reading | 7 |
3 | Connecting to prior knowledge | 21 |
4 | Understanding vocabulary terms and concepts | 35 |
5 | Identifying significant information in text | 45 |
6 | Visualizing text information | 57 |
7 | Asking questions to develop a deeper understanding | 71 |
8 | Drawing conclusions and making inferences | 83 |
9 | Analyzing text structure | 93 |
10 | Evaluating the author's viewpoint | 103 |
Resource : reproducible worksheets for chapter activities | 113 |