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Billmeyer, Rachel – 1996
This teacher's manual is a resource to assist teachers in expanding and refining their repertoire of teaching strategies and to guide them in instructional planning and decision making when teaching reading in the content areas. The manual does not prescribe a particular style of teaching--it is of value to teachers as they consider their…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textNorth Central Regional Educational Lab., Oak Brook, IL. – 2002
Researchers have found that readers they described as "strategic" had a purpose for reading, that they monitored their comprehension as they read, and they reflected on their reading. Although most readers have grasped fundamental reading processes by age 12, they still do not have well-articulated concepts about effective strategies to…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Intermediate Grades, Metacognition, Middle Schools
Katz, Kim; Katz, Claudia – 1991
Designed to tap the rich collection of instructional techniques in the ERIC database, this compilation of lesson plans focuses on reading strategies for the primary grades. The 40 lesson plans in this book offer practical suggestions for the teacher on how to: (1) get started with beginning reading; (2) facilitate comprehension through vocabulary…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Elementary School Curriculum, Lesson Plans
Riggs, Ernestine G.; Gil-Garcia, Ana – 2001
Although middle and high school teachers rightfully view the teaching of subject-area content as their primary responsibility, there is an increasing recognition that they must also play an active role in ensuring that students are not left behind because of reading problems. This report emphasizes that middle and high school teachers do not need…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, High Schools, Inferences, Instructional Effectiveness
Benson, Laura, Ed. – 2000
Sharing the wisdom of educators throughout Colorado in implementing the Colorado Basic Literacy Act, this book is intended to be a practical complement to teachers' repertoire. It offers ideas for immediate implementation, along with citations of current research and references, and represents the best ways to respond to the needs of struggling…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Learning Strategies, Oral Reading
Peer reviewedMeese, Ruth Lyn – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1992
Possible adaptations of textbooks for children with learning disabilities include modifying the textbook (tape recording the text, using high-interest low-vocabulary materials); altering instructional procedures (teaching textbook structure, previewing, providing advance organizers, preteaching critical vocabulary); and teaching textbook reading…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Elementary Secondary Education, High Interest Low Vocabulary Books, Instructional Materials
