{"product_id":"survival-reading-skills-for-secondary-students-paperback-softback-9780787965976","title":"Survival Reading Skills for Secondary Students (Paperback \/ softback) 9780787965976","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSurvival Reading Skills for Secondary Students\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilma H. Miller (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780787965976, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 September 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e27.8 x 21.6 x 2.3 cm, 0.962 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurvival Reading Skills for Secondary Students\u003c\/i\u003e is your guide for working with struggling students in grades 5-12 no matter what their reading ability. This valuable resource is a down-to-earth guide that contains countless classroom-tested strategies that reading and content area teachers can use to reinforce skills that students must master to read effectively. In addition, the book offers ready-to-use activity sheets designed to improve competency in a number of relevant reading skills. Students will learn how to fill in a job application, read an airline schedule, apply for a driver's license, and practice many more useful real-life skills.  \u003cp\u003eFor quick access and easy use, the book is organized in seven sections and printed in a big 8 ½\" X 11\" lay-flat format for easy photocopying. The following is just a small sample of the many strategies, assessments, inventories, and activities featured in each section:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. I\u003cb\u003eNFORMAL READING ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR OLDER STUDENTS\u003c\/b\u003e: Includes a Content Reading Inventory. . . lists of sample words from a range of content areas including English, social studies, science, and mathematics\u0026amp;an informal assessment to determine a student's approximate instructional reading level.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. \u003cb\u003eSTRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR IMPROVING SKILLS TO IDENTIFY CONTENT SIGHT WORDS:\u003c\/b\u003e Provides reproducible copies of words needed for computer literacy . . . strategies for improving students' ability to recognize and identify important content and daily-living words . . . activities that include a reversed crossword puzzle and a magic square from science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. \u003cb\u003eSTRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR IMPROVING BASIC PHONIC SKILLS\u003c\/b\u003e: Contains the basic phonic elements in which older students should be competent . . . seven helpful phonic generalizations . . . activity sheets that challenge students to complete a shopping list and discover a secret code.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. \u003cb\u003eSTRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR IMPROVING ABILITY IN WORD STRUCTURE:\u003c\/b\u003e Includes an explanation of the usefulness of word roots, prefixes, and suffixes . . . comprehensive lists of the most useful elements of word structure that help students read and study content materials effectively . . . activity sheets that help students determine word etymologies and correct accents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. \u003cb\u003eSTRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR IMPROVING USE OF CONTEXT CLUES:\u003c\/b\u003e Presents a useful classification scheme for context clues . . . method of teaching context clues, cryptology, and mutilated messages . . . activities that direct students to choose the correct word in sentence context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. \u003cb\u003eSTRATEGIES AND MATERIALS FOR IMPROVING COMPREHENSION SKILLS WHILE READING CONTENT MATERIAL\u003c\/b\u003e: Contains an explanation of levels of reading comprehensiontextually explicit, textually implicit, and critical or evaluative . . . myriad classroom-tested strategies for improving comprehension . . . activity sheets that engage students to figure out which is the better invention and complete a job application form.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. \u003cb\u003eSTRATEGIES AND MATERIALS FOR IMPROVING STUDY SKILLS IN THE CONTENT AREAS:\u003c\/b\u003e Offers a description of the specialized study skills that students need to read specific content material . . . a multitude of classroom-tested strategies for improving study skills . . . activities that help students to use the Dewey Decimal System and read the newspaper more effectively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eInformal reading assessment tools for older students \u003cp\u003eStrategies and activities for improving content sight word identification\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategies and activities for improving basic phnic skills\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategies and activities for improving basic word structure skills in content reading\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategies and activities for improving use of context clues to identify new words\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategies and activities for improving comprehension skills while reading content material\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategies and activities for improving study skills in content areas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Education [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Education\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Education%20%5BJN%5D%22\"\u003eJN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52410673266968,"sku":"9780787965976","price":21.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780787965976.jpg?v=1784247818","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/survival-reading-skills-for-secondary-students-paperback-softback-9780787965976","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}