Reading to Learn in Social Studies

This series is designed to assist educators in the development of reading strategies specific to the social studies classroom. Each book provides practical methods for increasing literacy by illustrating strategies that assist students in learning to read social studies and reading to learn social studies. These strategies are effective whether a teacher is using Region 4 materials or adopted textbooks. Detailed teacher notes are provided to assist the teacher in the implementation of these materials.

Each book includes:

An examination of content area reading strategies for the social studies classroom
Strategies for planning lessons designed to integrate learning to read and reading to learn in the social studies classroom
Strategies for the delivery of rigorous and relevant instruction that includes reading in verbal passages, symbolic text, and data using the 5E model (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate)
Techniques to develop quanitative literacy:
Main Idea
Summarization
Inferential Thinking
Text Comparison
Techniques for the implementation of appropriate assessment in social studies
This series is designed to assist educators in the development of reading strategies specific to the social studies classroom. Each book provides practical methods for increasing literacy by illustrating strategies that