Hi Chris, Here are my suggestions....others might tell you differently. I would say that content reading, whenever possible, should be taught within the content subject....it is more meaningful to kids when they actually need to use the skills immediately. As far as guided reading for content texts, it is important to decide what your goal is.....if your goal is simply for students to learn the content, you can scaffold the textbook, supplement notes, preview vocabulary, etc. This will help students to get the information that they need....however, if your goal is to use the content to help students to move up to a higher reading level, leveled texts are essential. Literature circles can also be used to supplement content textbooks so that students will be reading at their level. When I earned my reading endorsement, our instructor stressed over and over again that the best way to improve students' reading fluency and comprehension abilities by teacher-guided reading at students' reading levels......of course, my district doesn't want to hear this!!! It isn't a popular view, with the belief that Special Education students need to be getting exposure to the same vocabulary and content to which all students are exposed....unfortunately, however, when kids don't have opportunities to read books that they can actually read, their reading abilities will never improve, which is why I believe we have so many students reading below grade level....because they are always forced to read books that they can't read.
Thanks for listening, and I hope that that made some kind of sense. May Dartez 6-8 Title L.A./GA On Aug 25, 2007, at 10:15 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 5. *Content-area reading*. Probably some of you don't teach all > subjects, but I do, and I wonder if I should teach reading the science > textbook in science or in reading. Is content-area reading a unit you > teach? > Should I do it as part of guided reading instead of whole-class? _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
