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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954897303321

Autore

McEwan-Adkins Elaine K. <1941->

Titolo

40 ways to support struggling readers in content classrooms grades 6-12 / / Elaine K. McEwan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Corwin, 2007

ISBN

9781452294599

1452294593

9781483329703

1483329704

9781452297798

1452297797

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvi, 169 p.)

Disciplina

428.40712

Soggetti

Reading (Secondary)

Reading - Remedial teaching

Content area reading

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-166) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Teach the seven strategies of highly effective readers -- Engage in teacher and student think-alouds daily -- Teach students how to activate prior knowledge and make connections to new knowledge -- Teach students how to infer -- Teach students how to monitor their comprehension -- Teach students how to ask questions -- Teach students how to question the author -- Teach students how to search and select -- Teach students how to summarize -- Teach students how to graphically organize text and concepts by chunking -- Use and teach concept maps -- Teach students how to mark text as they read -- Provide advance organizers before lessons -- Use the I do it, we do it, you do it lesson plan -- Provide models, examples, and nonexamples -- Preview and preteach critical concepts and vocabulary -- Check frequently for understanding -- Assess for learning and for grading -- Use and teach content vocabulary daily -- Teach academic vocabulary -- Teach vocabulary using graphic organizers -- Reduce the cognitive load -- Teach the structure of your discipline -- Use easy



nonfiction to build background knowledge -- Determine what's hard for students and teach it -- Provide easy-to-read short articles based on content standards -- Assign oral-assisted repeated reading of content text -- Use a variety of oral reading approaches -- Vary your models, moves, and activities -- Design interactive lessons -- Use the cooperative learning model -- Create content-based cooperative games and activities -- Vary your seating and grouping arrangements -- Give students reasons for reading -- Develop and use scoring rubrics -- Increase wait time -- Build in frequent processing breaks -- Use and teach mnemonic devices -- Schedule writing in response to reading on a regular basis -- Expect students to activate, connect, and summarize daily.

Sommario/riassunto

This work is about scaffolding - the process by which expert teachers support novice learners. The book contains 40 research-based and classroom-tested methods that teachers can implement to help struggling readers be more successful.