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Direct linkBrock, Cynthia H.; Wiest, Lynda R.; Thrailkill, Laurie – Reading Teacher, 2021
In this study, we focused on the implementation of a disciplinary literacy inquiry unit with a group of sixth-grade students. Guided by us, students learned about a local budgetary crisis, researched subtopics of interest to them (e.g., the effect of budget cuts on school athletics), and then wrote letters to their state's governor sharing their…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Content Area Reading, Inquiry, Grade 6
Colvin, Vonnie; Rayburn, Sue – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2007
This article describes ways that physical educators and librarians can team up to improve student learning in both content areas. The authors worked together at Trevilians Elementary School in Louisa County, Virginia for nine years. The suggestions included in this article are based on techniques they used and on the contents of a typical…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Collaboration
Peer reviewedGentile, Lance M. – Journal of Reading, 1980
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)
Descriptors: Athletics, Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Reading Interests
Peer reviewedPeters, F. J. J. – Journal of Reading, 1980
Suggests that televised broadcasts of the l980 Olympics can provide teachers with material for reading and other classes. (DD)
Descriptors: Athletics, Commercial Television, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education
