Ready-To-Use Activities & Materials for Improving Content Reading Skills

For teachers, reading specialists and special educators in grades 4-12, this practical resource is packed with hundreds of strategies and activities for evaluating and improving students' reading, writing, study, and test-taking skills in all content areas. It first provides several ways to categorize the skills needed and lists of specialized vocabulary and skills required for effective reading/writing/study skill in each subject area. It then provides a multitude of ready-to-use methods and over 100 reproducible activities to help assess and improve the ability of all students. Special features include a list of multicultural trade books useful for all students, guidelines for using teacher-pupil conferences to assess skills, computer software for vocabulary in the content fields, ideas for students with limited English-speaking ability, professional resource books for teachers of students who are at risk, and more.

• | Author: Wilma H. Miller
• | Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• | Publication Date: Apr 29, 1999
• | Number of Pages: 524 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0130078158
• | ISBN-13: 9780130078155