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Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. – 1981
This handbook was developed to suggest an approach for language development in the elementary school that uses existing curricula and the child's experiences to help students develop the language skills necessary for success in school and society. After an introductory chapter on the theories of language learning and teaching, the guide provides:…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Educational Games, Elementary Education
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 16 titles deal with the following topics: (1) guiding the learner through a textual passage with an associate passage; (2) use of direct-functional study skill technique in seventh grade social studies classes; (3) three types of…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Annotated Bibliographies, Attitudes, Content Area Reading
Murray, Marsha – Georgia Social Science Journal, 1990
Introduces ways to assess students' reading ability and improve reading of social studies textbooks. Combines reading scores from Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and individual sessions to understand students' reading ability levels. Uses cooperative reading groups, reading labs, and whole-class oral reading to improve skills. Suggests pre- and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities
Kendall, Elizabeth L.; Chenoweth, Roberta – 1980
This activity guide is one of four supplements to be used with "Do You Read Me? Prevocational-Vocational Reading Development Activities" (ED 210 454). Each supplement deals with a different occupational category. Games, puzzles, and other activities are offered to aid in developing the word recognition, vocabulary, and comprehension…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Food Service, Health Occupations, Hospitality Occupations
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1983
Intended for use by teachers of seventh and eighth grade students assigned to a special summer program because they have not met the criteria for promotion, this handbook focuses on strategies by which real reading and its attendant language forms can be maximized within the context of summer and its built-in expectations. The first part of the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Evaluation Methods
Nelson, JoAnne, Ed.; And Others – 1979
Designed to assist teachers in small schools with the improvement of curriculum and instruction and to help smaller districts which do not have curriculum personnel to comply with Washington's Student Learning Objectives (SLO) Law, this guide contains curriculum materials for teaching reading in content areas to grades 9-12. The objectives listed…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Curriculum Design
Materiales, 1992
This document consists of the first 16 issues of a serial providing learning activities for intermediate and advanced students of Spanish. Each issue is organized around a separate theme, with the first 9 issues devoted to celebration of the fifth centenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus: (1) "Cultural Contact"; (2)…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Athletics, Content Area Reading, Cultural Activities
Tyrell, Jean – 1983
Ways in which social studies teachers can help students in grades 6, 7, and 8 improve their reading comprehension and understanding of social studies ideas and concepts are discussed, and sample reading comprehension activities are provided. First, teachers must choose a textbook with readability and concept levels appropriate for their students.…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Grade 6
Hartl, David, Ed.; And Others – 1978
Designed to assist teachers in small schools with the improvement of curriculum and instruction and to help smaller districts which do not have curriculum personnel to comply with Washington's Student Learning Objectives (SLO) Law, this guide contains reading curriculum materials for grades 7 and 8. The objectives listed are correlated to the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Content Area Reading, Educational Objectives, Informal Assessment
Thornton, L. Jay; And Others – 1980
Trade and Industrial Reading Strategies is one of five instructional guides in the Reading Strategies in Vocational Education Series. Developed to assist teachers working with students considered disadvantaged because of reading deficiency, the guide contains several strategies, suitable for adaptation, specifically related to trade and industrial…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Corrective Reading
Vacca, Richard T., Ed. – The Journal of Language Experience, 1980
This journal issue contains six articles related to language-centered reading instruction, integrated language arts, and reading comprehension. The first article discusses the language experience approach (LEA) to developing comprehension skills in adult beginning readers. The second article describes examples of uses of LEA in such content areas…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Content Area Reading, Creative Development
Peer reviewedLickteig, Mary J.; Danielson, Kathy Everts – Social Studies, 1995
Discusses the goals of global education and presents a rationale for providing global education experiences at the age children are the most responsive to instruction. Discusses how children's trade books can provide links among cultures and teach geographic knowledge and skills. Includes teaching activities and a list of teacher resources. (CFR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading, Cross Cultural Studies
Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, LA. – 1992
Developed by the ABCs of Construction National Workplace Literacy Project, these curriculum materials for the area of electrical and instrumentation contain three lessons that deal with getting meanings from context. Each lesson consists of an objective, instruction, and exercises. Lesson 1 contains 8 exercises, Lesson 2 has 10, and Lesson 3 has…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives
Beal, Janice – 1982
Intended to address the problems associated with functionally illiterate students, this manual provides vocational educators with strategies for incorporating reading skills into specific content area instruction. The exercises stress the skills necessary to assess vocational classroom reading materials, develop content specific vocabulary, and…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Inservice Teacher Education
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1983
This curriculum guide, one of 15 volumes written for field test use with educationally disadvantaged industrial education students needing additional instruction in the basic skill areas, deals with helping students develop basic reading and writing skills while studying auto mechanics. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists
