Download or read book Transforming Reading Skills in the Secondary School written by Pat Guy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transforming Reading Skills in the Secondary School is a commonsense text designed to help practitioners working in a mainstream context. The book suggests ways to develop the underlying skills necessary for good reading through multiple pathways such as mainstream subject lessons, individual and small group support sessions, whole school initiatives, the use of reading mentors and home-school liaison opportunities. Brimming with ideas and activities, Pat Guy explores a variety of different aspects of reading, including: how reading is taught and why it is such an important skill for the individual how to motivate the reluctant reader the role played by the mainstream & specialist teacher underlying problems pupils may face how to increase parental involvement reasons why a pupil’s comprehension might be limited the role of the School Librarian the relevance to reading of vocabulary and general knowledge. Anyone wanting to develop the reading skills of secondary pupils who struggle will find this a resource they return to time and time again.

Download or read book Improving Reading Instruction in the Secondary School written by California. State Department of Education. Committee on Developmental Reading and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improving Reading in Middle and Secondary Schools written by Lawrence E. Hafner and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1974 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improving Low Reading Ages in the Secondary School written by Paul Blum and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly practical guide shows how learning support teachers and assistants can work effectively with secondary school pupils who are struggling with their reading. It relates directly to the working practices of teachers, steering them through issues such as: assessing the low-age reader working with reading withdrawal groups finding and creating resources for low-age readers constructing spelling strategies to support reading understanding the emotional dimension to being a poor reader how to effectively involve parents. Paul Blum offers valuable advice on how to make challenging mainstream subject textbooks accessible to low-aged readers and help on where to find good free resources as well as commercial materials to suit them. Exploring the vital relationship between the mainstream and learning support function, he also outlines the ways in which the two can be harnessed to make a significant difference to reading improvement.

Download or read book Improving Reading Instruction in the Secondary School written by California. Department of Education. Committee on Developmental Reading and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improving Reading Instruction in the Secondary School written by National Association of Secondary School Principals (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Secondary School Reading Instruction written by Betty D. Roe and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been written primarily for secondary school content teachers--those who are preparing for teacher certification and the experienced who wish to learn how to help their students read content assignments with more understanding. The book uses introductory level information on reading instruction. There is also useful information for reading specialists who work with content teachers or helping secondary students with reading difficulties, and administrators who need to know about the reading needs of secondary school students in order to set appropriate policies. The aim of this book is to equip secondary school classroom teachers with the tools to teach more efficiently by helping their students understand material better. Teachers who can add improvement of reading skills to their toolkit will enhance their success in the classroom.

Download or read book Secondary School Literacy Instruction written by Betty D. Roe and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Secondary School Literacy Instruction helps all content-area teachers required to take this course with its motivational self-test pedagogy and unique application of literacy and study skills in all secondary subject areas. The text prepares secondary school educators to teach the content of their subject areas more meaningfully, based on the belief that teachers who understand reading strategies can enhance their students' success in the classroom. The Seventh Edition increases the emphasis on what secondary teachers need to know to improve literacy skills in their subject area while de-emphasizing reading content more suited to specialists.

Download or read book Reading Instruction in the Secondary Schools written by Henry A. Bamman and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Teaching Reading in High School written by Robert Karlin and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1984 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reading Instruction in the Secondary School written by Betty D. Roe and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improving Reading in Secondary Schools written by Lawrence E. Hafner and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Close Reading in the Secondary Classroom written by Jeff Flygare and published by Classroom Strategies. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Close-reading strategies help students develop the critical-thinking skills essential for the rest of their lives. Close Reading in the Secondary Classroom offers high school and middle school educators extensive guidance on how to introduce close reading to students and help them improve their reading comprehension skills and critical thinking. Learn how to select close-reading examples and passages, elicit deeper question formation, facilitate positive classroom discussion, and assess your students' reading comprehension and literacy progress. Understand the importance of close reading, prereading, and post-reading activities. Learn how to choose appropriate literary or informational texts for close reading. Pass on tools necessary for literary analysis and annotating text. Develop thought-provoking questions and discussion that deepen text analysis and reading comprehension. Assess students' critical and creative thinking skills. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Research and Theory Chapter 2: Prereading Chapter 3: Reading Twice and Annotating Chapter 4: Generating Questions and Reading Analytically Chapter 5: Discussing as a Class or Analyzing Individually, and Using Processing Activities Chapter 6: Planning and Assessing Close Reading Epilogue Appendix A: Answers to Comprehension Questions Appendix B: Extended Examples of Close Reading

Download or read book Literacy Coaching in the Secondary Grades written by Jade Wexler and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2021-07-14 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too many adolescent learners still struggle with reading. This much-needed guide shows how to support teachers in providing effective literacy instruction in the content areas, which can be intensified as needed within a multi-tiered framework. Adaptive Intervention Model (AIM) Coaching was created for grades 6–8, but is equally applicable in high school. The book gives instructional coaches an accessible blueprint for evaluating, developing, and reinforcing each teacher's capacity to implement evidence-based literacy practices. User-friendly features include case studies, end-of-chapter reflection questions and key terms, and reproducible tools. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print the reproducible materials--plus supplemental lesson plans and other resources--in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Download or read book Reading in Secondary Schools written by University of the State of New York. Bureau of Secondary Curriculum Development and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Research Within Reach written by Donna E. Alvermann and published by Newark, Del. : International Reading Association. This book was released on 1987 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on how secondary school reading programs can be organized and on how their effectiveness can be measured, this book synthesizes reading research in several significant areas and makes concrete suggestions for using this research to improve reading instruction. Each chapter, opens with a question posed by a teacher, discusses research with reference to this question, and concludes with a summary and a list of references. Generally, chapters present various, well-documented processes and products (individually or in limited combinations) that contribute to effective reading instruction in secondary schools. The practitioners' contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the field is recognized, thereby enhancing the reciprocity between researchers and practitioners. Each chapter concludes with a summary and a list of references. Titles and authors of chapters included are (1) "Reading Programs" (D. W. Moore and A. G. Murphy); (2) "Effective Schools/Effective Teaching Research" (M. W. Conley and A. G. Murphy); (3) "Developing Lifetime Readers" (D. E. Alvermann); (4) "Learning from Text" (D. E. Alvermann); (5) "Comprehension/Thinking Skills" (D. E. Alvermann); (6) "Vocabulary" (D. W. Moore); (7) "Readability" (D. Holdzkom); (8) "Selection of Materials" (D. W. Moore and A. G. Murphy); (9) "Integrating Oral and Written Language" (D. E. Alvermann); (10) "Grouping" (M. W. Conley); (11) "Teacher Decisionmaking" (M. W. Conley); (12) "Metacognition" (D. E. Alvermann); and (13) "Staff Development" (P. B. Lutz). (JD)

Download or read book Creating Literacy rich Schools for Adolescents written by Gay Ivey and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2006 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a whole-school program for improving the literacy skills of secondary school students.