Successful Strategies for Reading in the Content Areas: Grades 3-5Improve content-area reading with a variety of strategies and a wealth of information to help readers in Grades 3-5 improve their comprehension of nonfiction text. This book includes essential reading skills and strategies grouped into 8 categories including: Monitor Comprehension, Activate and Connect, Infer Meaning, Ask Questions, Determine Importance, Visualize, Summarize and Synthesize, and Developing Vocabulary. All of the skills and strategies are covered by providing practical teaching guidelines as well as motivating learner activities. The included Resource CD features graphic organizers and activities pages that can be reproduced and modified. 280pp. + Resource CD |
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Successful Strategies for Reading in the Content Areas, Grades 3-5 Shell Education Limited preview - 2007 |
Successful Strategies for Reading in the Content Areas: Grades 3-5: Grades 3-5 Limited preview - 2007 |
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50469 Successful Strategies activity activity on page Allow students already know appendix ask students Author’s Point author’s purpose chapter titles chart cognitive maps column Concept Mapping connect create Directions double-entry journal example facts glossary graphic features graphic organizer headings and subheadings help students idea and supporting identify images important information inferences instruction key words main idea metacognitive nonfiction text On-Your-Own Question opinions Paraphrasing partner picture predictions preview the text prior knowledge proficient readers purpose for reading read the text right-there questions Set the Purpose Shell Education skills Standard 7.6 Strategy 9 students read summary sentences supporting details table of contents tadpoles teach students teachers text features Text Organizers Text Structures textbook understand Venn Diagram visualizing vocabulary write