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25 Reading Strategies That Work In Every Content Area

25 Reading Strategies That Work In Every Content Area | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.teachthought.com - December 27, 2013 11:40 PM

"Reading is reading. By understanding that letters make sounds, we can blend those sounds together to make whole sounds that symbolize meaning we can all exchange with one another.

Without getting too Platonic about it all, reading doesn’t change simply because you’re reading a text from another content area. Only sometimes it does.

Science content can often by full of jargon, research citations, and odd text features.

Social Studies content can be an interesting mix of itemized information, and traditional paragraphs/imagery..."

Beth Dichter's insight:

Along with the visual that provides 12 reading strategies this post provides an additional 13 strategies and links to 4 additional resources. The strategies suggested go across curriculum areas.

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ASCD Inservice: How To Teach Students to Make Evidence-Based Inferences

ASCD Inservice: How To Teach Students to Make Evidence-Based Inferences | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From ascd.typepad.com - April 24, 2012 5:23 PM
Though abstract and difficult to model, inference is an important skill to teach students -- it's the gateway to the kind of higher-order, critical thinking students need to succeed in school and work.

How can we model how to draw conclusions with students? This book explores four inference strategies:

* Inductive learning

* Mystery

* Main Idea

* Investigation

From this point they list five principles and corresponding phases of implementation, and you may read Section 1: Why Inference?

This section provides a sample lesson plans as well as many great examples - sample word lists, text passages, graphic organizers - that will help you with future lessons...and may lead you to choose to purchase the book!

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Where Essential Questions Come From

Where Essential Questions Come From | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.teachthought.com - June 2, 2013 9:56 PM

"What does it mean to read? What does it mean to think? What does it mean to solve problems? What should you be doing in your head when you translate the Spanish? In sum, what is meant to be going on inside that black box called the mind and what is actually going on in their minds? These are our Essential Questions as teachers. It is the continual addressing of these questions that moves us from the ranks of the naïve and ok teachers to skilled professionals. We move from being “teachers” to coaches of learning."

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If one goal of essential questions is to get our students to think a question we must ask is how do we go about teaching them do this. This post by Grant Wiggins explores ways to help students learn the necessary skills. Examples are provided and he also shares a book, "When Kids Can’t Read What Teachers Can Do" that provides resources.

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