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Adolescent Literacy: Social Studies Comprehension Strategies: The ability to read and comprehend information is crucial to understanding society around us, as well as making decisions and defending one’s views and opinions. Help your students develop the reading skills that will help them achieve higher in social studies--and in life; Take this course: Begins April 6.

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active reading: A manner of reading in which the reader is mentally engaged with a text and reads for comprehension and criticism as well as reads selectively and with a purpose.
sustained silent reading: A period of uninterrupted silent reading in the classroom, typically from fifteen to thirty minutes.

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Reading comprehension and English language learners: Teaching reading comprehension and helping English language learners are the responsibility of every teacher, but they are also within the abilities of every teacher. These articles provide strategies for building content-area reading comprehension before, during, and after reading that can help English language learners — and all learners.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Ongoing assessment for reading: Ongoing, informal assessment is crucial to teaching reading. Using audio and visual examples, this edition explains the use of running records and miscue analysis, tools that help a teacher to identify patterns in student reading behaviors and the strategies a reader uses to make sense of text.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Extensions: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 2.9; As you become adept at miscue analysis, you may find other additions to your coding that are particularly helpful. Although it is not suggested in any texts I have read on miscue analysis, I find it helpful to code student miscues while the student is reading...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Summarizing the session: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 2.6; After the reading, comprehension check, and miscue analysis, all of the information gathered should be recorded. This single-page report will help identify patterns in use by the reader. The totals for graphic similarity, semantic and syntactic usage should...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Running records as authentic testing: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.2; In many school systems, running records are administered using preprinted running record sheets that contain the exact text the student is reading in a matching leveled book. To allow a teacher to administer multiple assessments with a single student, two...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Using wordsplash in the classroom: A wordsplash is a set of key terms or concepts related to a given concept, typically displayed in an interesting visual presentation. Used as a pre-reading strategy, wordsplash can tap into students’ prior knowledge about a topic before they encounter it...; Format: article; By Emily Jack.

Running records and you: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.1; If you teach in North Carolina, you are already "doing" running records. Your school mandates them as a means of assessing student reading. Hopefully you received some training for these assessments, but if your experience was like that of many teachers, you...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Preparing for miscue analysis: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 2.2; Selecting the text Select a complete text that the student has not previously read. Choose a text that is approximately one level above what the independent reading level has been determined to be. With the higher reading...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Checking comprehension: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 2.4; Many assessments for students’ comprehension contain questions to be answered by the student. Miscue analysis makes retelling the performance of comprehension. When a student completes a reading, the teacher should facilitate both an unaided and aided retelling...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Text selection: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.3; Finding the instructional level Texts selected for running records should challenge a student sufficiently that he or she makes some errors for the student to analyze, but not enough that he or she becomes frustrated. This level is called the instructional...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Running record form: Blank running record form for use in reading assessment.; Format: document

Reading primary sources: Newspaper editorials: This interactive guide to reading a 19th-century newspaper editorial steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.; Format: newspaper (multiple pages)

Reading primary sources: Slave narratives: This interactive guide to reading a slave narrative steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.; Format: interview (multiple pages)

Why miscue analysis?: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 2.1; A holistic view of reading takes into account that "both the reader and the author are equally active in constructing or building meaning." The text available is the "medium through which the author and reader transact."* Teachers...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Reading primary sources: Newspaper advertisements: This interactive guide to reading classified advertisements in a 19th-century newspaper editorial steps through layers of questions, guiding the reader through the process of historical inquiry. This edition is one in a series of guides on reading historical primary sources.; Format: newspaper (multiple pages)

Details and sequencing: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 1.7; This lesson for grade six will introduce students to careers in environmental protection as it teaches them to identify details and sequence in a non-fiction reading passage.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance); By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.

Reading guide: A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina: These questions will help to guide students' reading of "A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina" and encourage them to think critically about the text.; Format: worksheet/lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Practice story: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.9; Ready to practice? Print out the following story and have a blank piece of paper or a blank running record form ready. Use the sound clip below to practice taking a running record of this child’s reading. First, record what the...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Cuing systems: Analyzing reading behaviors: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.6; Cuing systems are the self-extending systems students use to act upon text in order to make sense of it. These systems may be used independently or in conjunction with one another. When you administer running records, you can analyze cuing systems...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Wolves: Comprehending informational texts: This integrated plan uses non-fiction text and wolves to motivate students with language arts and science. Students will read a nonfiction text and use metacognitive skills of guided reading and KWHL chart to monitor comprehension and extend vocabulary.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts); By Amy Vance.

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