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Download full textMozombite, Amy – 2003
Middle school students will interact with a variety of different texts to uncover a broader meaning of reading. During the three 50-minute sessions, students will identify different categories of text materials from basic picture books to textbooks; compile a list of strategies and processes needed to read the different types of books; and develop…
Descriptors: Definitions, Lesson Plans, Middle Schools, Reading
Billmeyer, Rachel – 1996
This teacher's manual is a resource to assist teachers in expanding and refining their repertoire of teaching strategies and to guide them in instructional planning and decision making when teaching reading in the content areas. The manual does not prescribe a particular style of teaching--it is of value to teachers as they consider their…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
North Central Regional Educational Lab., Oak Brook, IL. – 2002
Researchers have found that readers they described as "strategic" had a purpose for reading, that they monitored their comprehension as they read, and they reflected on their reading. Although most readers have grasped fundamental reading processes by age 12, they still do not have well-articulated concepts about effective strategies to…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Intermediate Grades, Metacognition, Middle Schools
Beck, Isabel L.; And Others – 1997
Noting that elementary-school students often fail to understand many of the ideas presented in school textbooks, this book presents the Questioning the Author (QtA) strategy, which is designed to establish student interactions with text and build greater understanding by teaching students to question the ideas presented in the text while they are…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education, Questioning Techniques
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1997
Encouraging teachers to utilize procedures and techniques that help their students become active, willing lifelong readers, this handbook has been compiled to serve as a guide for integrating the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment's (PSSA) definition of reading as a dynamic, interactive process into classroom practice. The handbook…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 2001
This inservice professional development module, part of the Alabama Reading Initiative, presents research summaries, notes for presenters, and activities. The Comprehension Strategies module explains the process of building comprehension in readers so that they read for meaning and understanding. There are six interferences to comprehension that…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Metacognition, Primary Education
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. – 2001
This inservice professional development module, part of the Alabama Reading Initiative, presents research summaries, notes for presenters, and activities. The Comprehension Strategies module explains the process of building comprehension in readers so that they read for meaning and understanding. There are six interferences to comprehension that…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Metacognition, Primary Education
Muth, K. Denise, Ed. – 1989
Reflecting the concerns of researchers and practitioners about children's text comprehension, this book defines and provides examples of narrative and expository text and describes research-based strategies for helping children comprehend these two types of text. The book contains the following chapters: (1) "Research on Stories: Implications…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Expository Writing, Models, Narration
Kelly, Patricia R.; Neal, Judith C. – Running Record, 1998
This article is based on the hypothesis that Reading Recovery teachers sometimes mistakenly reduce or withdraw their support once children have developed strategic processing capabilities and gained higher levels of text reading. It discusses structural characteristics of higher level texts and considers several types of processing demands…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Early Intervention, Instructional Improvement, Primary Education
Peer reviewedSchirmer, Barbara R. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1997
Discusses strategies that teachers can use to support children with and without disabilities in comprehending reading material. Factors contributing to text readability, language learning for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, and strategies for in-class text reading and independent text reading are described. (CR)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Classroom Techniques, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education
Katz, Kim; Katz, Claudia – 1991
Designed to tap the rich collection of instructional techniques in the ERIC database, this compilation of lesson plans focuses on reading strategies for the primary grades. The 40 lesson plans in this book offer practical suggestions for the teacher on how to: (1) get started with beginning reading; (2) facilitate comprehension through vocabulary…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Elementary School Curriculum, Lesson Plans
Peer reviewedMeese, Ruth Lyn – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1992
Possible adaptations of textbooks for children with learning disabilities include modifying the textbook (tape recording the text, using high-interest low-vocabulary materials); altering instructional procedures (teaching textbook structure, previewing, providing advance organizers, preteaching critical vocabulary); and teaching textbook reading…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Elementary Secondary Education, High Interest Low Vocabulary Books, Instructional Materials
