A rationale for the teaching of reading in conjunction with the teaching of science is developed and illustrated. Specific activities at elementary, middle, and secondary school levels are discussed in terms of the reading skills involved and the science processes stressed. (AA)

Learning centers can be developed in secondary school subject area classes to encourage independence and to help the teacher individualize instruction. (MKM)

In the Newark, Delaware, School District a special inservice/graduate course, Content Area Reading Enrichment (C.A.R.E.), has been developed in which teachers create kits of materials and activities to teach reading in particular content areas. Gives details of activities for each of five areas using C.A.R.E. science kits. Those areas: vocabulary,…

The author describes some of the techniques used in the Pennsylvania Comprehensive Reading Communication Arts Plan (PCRP) which provides reading/language arts activities for junior high school level gifted students. It is explained that PCRP experiences include responding to literature, sustained silent reading of self selected books, oral and…

Discusses the RADAR technique--Read, Analogize, Discuss, Apply, Review/Research--and how it can be used in content area classrooms to teach concepts. (FL)

Offers suggestions for using children's literature in the classroom throughout the year. Includes suggestions for reading in the content areas of mathematics, art, music, and the language arts. (FL)

Offers guidelines for teaching children how to read critically and how to judge the authenticity and accuracy of fictional biographies and diaries. (FL)

Suggests four steps teachers can use to ensure that content area reading instruction enhances content area learning: (1) determine learning objectives, (2) determine needed reading and study skills, (3) accurately diagnose student needs, and (4) select specific skills for teaching at any one time. (FL)

Describes a project that used task cards to give students meaningful and interesting practice in using location skills in the content area of science. (FL)

Presents an approach used in high school English classes to connect students with the world outside high school. Encourages students to take risks by selecting a project topic, choosing and inviting a guest speaker, preparing for the visit, reading and writing on related topics, and doing a follow-up project. (SR)

Describes the Guided Reading and Summarizing Procedure (GRASP), a classroom procedure for teaching students how to compose summaries of their reading. Describes the basic steps needed to implement the procedure: (1) preparing the students for the lesson; (2) reading for information; (3) organizing remembered information; and (4) writing the…

Describes a discussion web as a graphic aid for teaching students how to think about both sides of an issue before drawing a conclusion in response to what they have read. Describes the five-step procedure and provides grade-level and content-area examples and examples of webs in action across the curriculum. (MG)

This workbook helps students identify those study practices that are ineffective and suggests ways in which existing study habits may be modified and improved. At the beginning of each of the workbook's seven sections is a set of questions concerning the reader's usual study practices. The second part of each section contains advice about the…

Social studies teachers can involve their students in an issues-oriented curriculum by using the least expensive, least threatening medium available, the newspaper. The newspaper's stock in trade is the relevant, timely issue--just what is missing from all too many social studies classrooms. In dealing with issues in social studies classrooms,…

Secondary students read and discuss Richard Sever's book "Lisa H." (Harper and Row, 1985), the story of how a young girl suffering from a genetic disorder that severely disfigured her face and head draws on inner resources to meet the challenge of life. Discussion questions and student activities are suggested. (RM)