Suggests ten teaching strategies for combining reading skills development and physical education instruction. (MKM)

Techniques are given for helping students learn to read for meaning and to relieve their anxieties about reading. A selected bibliography is appended. (LH)

Discusses ways that teachers might aid pupils in reading content area textbooks. (FL)

In this Inquiry Study, participants will explore the process of reading expository texts--the strategies participant/teachers use to make sense of them, and how expository texts are similar to and different from narrative and other types of texts. Participants will then examine aspects of expository texts, such as text structures, vocabulary, and…

The first of two concerning children's periodicals, this column describes five such magazines that present information from various disciplines in a compelling way. (FL)

Suggests using materials dealing with sports in a variety of ways in content classes to improve reading and critical thinking. Provides specific suggestions for using sports in English, mathematics, social studies, science, and health classes. (MKM)

Provides suggestions from contributors on building vocabulary, using newspapers in instruction, and providing a news bulletin for content area instructors. (MKM)

Suggests three uses of the cloze procedure in content area reading to emphasize particular features such as content, structure, or concept. Provides illustrations of each type of study guide. (TJ)

Describes how one school system designed a flexible training program for teaching reading in the content areas. (RB)

Describes a method for teaching reading in the content areas. (RB)

This annotated bibliography of works on semantic mapping includes texts, which instruct in the use of mapping, and articles that provide examples of its use in curriculum planning, reading comprehension, and vocabulary/concept development. (CLB)

Presents strategies designed to encourage the predictive behavior of students attempting to acquire new vocabulary. (FL)

Contributors suggest ways to improve students' (1) content area reading, (2) notetaking, and (3) book reports. (FL)

Suggests three strategies to aid students in understanding content area texts and concepts: (1) the oral reading strategy; (2) the key concept, key terminology, key questions (C/T/Q) strategy; and (3) the question-only strategy. Suggests that a teacher try each strategy three times to positively implement the new techniques. (MKM)

Explains the prerequisites involved in learning critical reading skills and describes some classroom lessons and activities that can build these abilities with all types of adolescent students. (MAI)