Teaching Tips: Reading in the Content Areas
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| Teaching Tips: Reading in the Content Areas |
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Description:
| Explore different reading strategies by visiting these websites. The websites are for students and teachers and explain how students can improve their reading skills. Some websites have tips for teachers on teaching different reading strategies. There are links to eThemes on Reading Comprehension Strategies and Reading Strategies for Elementary Students. |
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Grade Level:
| 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Resource Links:
| Reading Strategies
This site lists many different reading strategies students can use to improve their reading skills. Most reading techniques also include graphic organizers or examples.
English Works! Reading Strategies
Click on the links to learn several different reading strategies and how to use them.
Four Reading Strategies for High School Students
These four reading strategies were written by a high school student and include models for graphic organizers.
Reading "Questions"
Learn how asking questions while reading can contribute to students understanding of various texts. Includes sample questions to ask while reading.
Teachers: Content Literacy
Find out information about content area reading and how to help students become strategic readers. There are many helpful links near the bottom of the page.
Reading Skills
Click on the links for all kinds of tips on teaching students to be good readers.
Research-Based Content Area Reading Instruction
This seventeen page PDF file includes tips for teaching students different reading techniques. Includes information about research-based content reading instruction.
Educator's Reference Desk: How to Teach Students to Take Notes
This is a lesson plan for teaching students to take notes while they read a wide range of texts. Includes a link to a handout and rubric.
Vary Your Reading Strategies
Here is a chart that gives reading strategies for different disciplines.
Reading Strategies That Assist Content Area Reading
These strategies are for teachers. There are links to reading guides and flow charts.
eThemes Resource: Reading Strategies for Elementary Students
These websites contain reading strategies to help elementary school students become good readers. Some websites simply list strategies and some include activities to help students learn. One website is a PowerPoint presentation on good reading techniques and one website compares good reading with poor reading. Some websites are written for students who are having trouble learning to read.
eThemes Resource: Teaching Tips: Reading Comprehension Strategies
These sites offer various strategies to improve reading comprehension for students at all grade levels. Includes many online stories and questions to test reading comprehension. There is a reading comprehension inventory and research articles on this topic. Many pages can be printed out and used in the classroom. Some of the tips include KWL charts, story maps, word maps, and story pyramids. There are also links to eThemes Resources on graphic organizers, guided reading, and literature circles.
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Education Standards:
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ME Standards:
D.2, D.4, D.5, D.7, D.8, D.1, D.2, D.4, D.5, D.6
MO Standards:
1.5, 1.7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, R.3.C.1.1, R.3.C.1.2, R.3.C.1.3, R.3.C.1.4, R.3.C.1.5, R.3.C.1.6, R.3.C.1.6.a, R.3.C.1.6.b, R.3.C.1.6.c, R.3.C.1.6.d, R.3.C.1.7, R.3.C.1.3.b, R.3.C.1.3.c, R.3.C.1.3.d, R.3.C.1.4.a, R.3.C.1.4.b, R.3.C.1.4.c, R.3.C.1.5, R.3.C.1.1, R.3.C.1.2, R.3.C.1.4.a, R.3.C.1.4.b, R.3.C.1.4.c, R.3.C.1.5
UT Standards:
1.5.2.a, 1.5.2.b, 1.5.2.c, 1.5.2.d, 1.5.2.e, 1.5.2.f, 1.5.2.g, 1.5.2.a, 1.5.2.b, 1.5.2.c, 1.5.2.d, 1.5.2.e, 1.5.2.f, 1.5.2.g, 1.2.2.a, 1.2.2.b, 1.2.2.c, 1.2.2.d, 1.2.2.e, 1.2.2.f, 1.2.2.g, 1.2.2.a, 1.2.2.b, 1.2.2.c, 1.2.2.d, 1.2.2.e, 1.2.2.f, 1.2.2.g, 1.2.2.a, 1.2.2.b, 1.2.2.c, 1.2.2.d, 1.2.2.e, 1.2.2.f, 1.2.2.g
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