Content Area Reading Strategies

Tiffany Frierson Title I Reading Instructional Specialist

Take notes using the Cornell notes page provided

Evaluate our progress

2010-2011 School Year= 100% Accreditation

What % of students are reading at the next grade level by the end of the school year?

Evaluate our progress

Preliminary data
What % of students are reading at the next grade level by the end of the school year 6th grade- early 6th grade GE 7th grade-late 6th grade GE 8th grade- late 7th grade GE 9th grade- early 8th grade GE

Why Content Area Literacy?

Technological advances and globalization are occurring at rates four to five times faster than our schools are changing. Employers are realizing that the reading ability of their employees is not sufficient to meet the demands of their job.
Daggett, 2008

Statistics
When adults read, what percentage of what they read is informational text? A) 20% B) 40% C) 60% D) 80%

Statistics
80% of the text adults read is informational; 80% of text read in school is literary.
(National Geographic School Publishing 2003)

What is the difference between narrative and informational text?

Narrative vs. Informational Text

Text Features

Text Chunks
Chapters

Headings and Subheadings Location of the Main Ideas Signal Words

Sections
Paragraphs

Narrative vs. Informational Text

Story Grammar

Compare/Contrast, Problem/Solution, Description, Procedural

Narrative vs. Informational Text

Familiar language & scenarios

Unfamiliar or abstract content, jargon or Tier 3 words

Why Content Area Literacy?

Creativity Collaboration Critical thinking and problem solving Communication

Magnificent Seven
Make connections Ask questions Visualize Infer Determine important information Synthesize Monitor comprehension

Highly correlated to the new Standards of Learning

Lets Look at the New Standards

 What material do you use to support the content area instruction?

Do you think it is effective? Why?

Choose Content Area Text Wisely

Choose instructional level text
Scaffold grade level text Use text sets Picture books

Internet resources

Choose Content Area Text Wisely

Level text using Word
Review Tab, Spelling & Grammar, Options, Readability Statistics

Reading A-Z up to 5th grade reading level Newspapers (newspaper websites)

Choose Content Area Text Wisely

Instructional Level Text
National Geographic

The Book Source

Newbridge

Best Practices in Reading (Options Publishing)

Lexile.com

What to Teach

Before Reading
Activate Prior Knowledge
KWHL Free write or word association Anticipation guide

Make connections

Egyptian Pyramids
FREE WRITE Write what you know about the Egyptian pyramids.

Before Reading
Pre-teach concepts (Frontloading)
Provide easy text on the concept before reading grade level text Have special education, ELL or tutor teach concepts before regular instruction Tape record text or oral discussion of the concepts to listen to before regular instruction History MVP- songs and raps provided to elementary schools

Show students desired outcome

Before Reading
Pre-teach essential vocabulary Pre-teach vocabulary essential for understanding concepts to be learned Student friendly definitions Graphic representation of the words Activities using the words

Vocabulary

Egypt Pyramid Pharaoh

Would you rather?

Would you rather go to Egypt or New York City? Would you rather climb a pyramid or a mountain? Who had more power, a pharaoh or Barack Obama?

During Reading
Breaking difficult tasks into parts, then providing opportunities to put the pieces together Chants, songs, mnemonic devices to help with memorization Model the use of reading strategies

During Reading
Activities that make reading active Notetaking
Cloze (great way to scaffold learning) Marginalia Cornell Notes Webbing

SQ3R Code the Text (INSERT) Read and Say Something

After Reading
Summarize daily Use and discuss rubrics to evaluate work and ways to improve Quick Write-students write in response to reading Create a product based on learning

After Reading
Activities that reinforce learning Found poem Exits tickets Professor Know It All Concept Sorts

Songs and raps to help learn history concepts Trade books Games to reinforce learning Historymvp.com One set of materials provided to every elementary school and to 6th grade teachers

The Best Way to Improve Content Area Reading

At the appropriate instructional level

25 Book Campaign
Goal is for each RPS student to read 25 books throughout the year Literacy Leadership Teams to design, implement and monitor

Resources
The Quest for Balance: Vermont Department of Education http://researchtoactionforum.org/resources/resources _pdfs/minnesota/The%20Quest%20for%20Balance.pdf Readwritethink.org 50 Content Area Strategies for Adolescent Literacy by Fisher, Brozo, Frey and Ivey 40 Ways to Support Struggling Readers in Content Classrooms, Grades 6-12

Resources
40 Ways to Support Struggling Readers in Content Classrooms, Grades 6-12 by McEwan
Power Tools for Adolescent Literacy by Rozzelle and Scearce Rigor and Relevance from Concept to Reality by Willard Daggett

To obtain a copy of this PowerPoint

tjohnson5@richmond.k12.va.us