TY - BOOK AU - McEwan-Adkins,Elaine K. TI - 40 ways to support struggling readers in content classrooms, grades 6-12 AV - LB1632 .M347 2007 U1 - 428.407/12 23 PY - 2007///] CY - [Reston, Virginia], Thousand Oaks, CA PB - National Association of Secondary School Principals, Corwin Press KW - Reading (Secondary) KW - Reading KW - Remedial teaching KW - Content area reading KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-166) and index; 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1651822 ER -