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Center for Innovation in Assessment (NJ1), 2013
The Grade 5 Informational Text Reading Inventory (ITRI) was developed to address the specific reading challenges that grade 5 students encounter when reading their textbooks and other informational text. In fifth grade, students are expected not only to comprehend difficult passages, but also to extend their comprehension through drawing…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Content Area Reading, Textbooks
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Reading Teacher, 2010
Retelling and summarizing are great ways to get children involved in what they're reading--and thinking about what they understand in texts. Summarizing is a more complex task than retelling. Creating a formal summary usually involves reducing a text by about a third, writing a topic statement, eliminating redundant and unimportant details, and…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Story Telling, Books, Children
Sparks, J. E. – 1988
The Read/Write for Personal and Economic Growth program starts with the writing of three-sentence paragraphs that contain a topic sentence and two major detail sentences. The program begins with short passages so that adult learners can experience immediate success. As learners progress, they receive help on such problems as sentence fragments,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Reading Instruction, Sentence Structure, Sequential Approach
Lovett, Ollie M. – 1984
Developed for use with the PATHWAYS ABE (Adult Basic Education) and Pre-GED (General Educational Development) Curriculum, a scope and sequence of reading and writing skills, or continuum, was designed with tasks of both educator and Indian Adult learner in mind. The continuum introduces individual skills at students' entry proficiency levels and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, American Indian Education, Course Content, Course Objectives
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. – 1983
This Manitoba (Canada) integrated language arts curriculum guide for grades 9 through 11 emphasizes the elements of the language process. At grade 9, the instructional emphasis is on the communication context--content, vehicle, and situation. At grade 10, the instructional emphasis is on audience and purpose, while the emphasis at grade 11 shifts…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Barabe, Rosemeri; And Others – 1987
Part of an adult basic education series utilizing Southwestern American Indian cultural material, this level III (fifth grade equivalent, 4.5-6.0 readability) teacher's guide contains concise explanations of the various skills presented, suggested teaching strategies, answers to workbook exercises, and a list of available supplementary commercial…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, American Indian Culture
Barabe, Rosemeri; And Others – 1987
Part of an adult basic education series utilizing Southwestern American Indian cultural material, this level I (third grade equivalent, 2.7-3.9 readability) teacher's guide contains concise explanations of the various writing skills presented, suggested teaching strategies, answers to workbook exercises, and a list of available supplementary…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, American Indian Culture
Barabe, Rosemeri; And Others – 1987
Developed to facilitate the teaching/learning process, this guide corresponds to the Adult Basic Education (ABE) Reading Skills Workbook Level I, and may be used as an answer book, as well as a reference manual. It contains concise explanations of the various skills presented, suggested teaching strategies, answers to workbook exercises, and a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Alphabetizing Skills, American Indian Education
Barabe, Rosemeri; And Others – 1987
Written to accompany the Adult Basic Education (ABE) Level II reading skills workbook of the PATHWAYS Curriculum, this teacher's guide contains brief explanations of the various skills presented in the workbook, suggested teaching strategies, answers to workbook exercises, and a list of available commercial materials that may be used to supplement…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education
Barabe, Rosemeri; And Others – 1987
Written to accompany the Adult Basic Education (ABE) Level III reading skills workbook of the PATHWAYS Curriculum, this teacher's guide contains brief explanations of the various skills presented in the workbook, suggested teaching strategies, answers to workbook exercises, and a list of available commercial materials that may be used to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education
Barabe, Rosemeri; And Others – 1987
Developed to facilitate the teaching/learning process, this teacher's guide corresponds to the Adult Basic Education (ABE) Writing Skills Workbook Level II, and may be used as an answer book, as well as a reference manual. It contains concise explanations of the various skills presented, suggested teaching strategies, answers to workbook…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education