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Reading to Learn: Developing Strategic Reading Skills (4-12)/Flex Course

 

Why do excellent early readers often begin to struggle when they hit the middle grades? Students tend to approach content text the same way they approach literature. Students need to learn how to read content material. In this online course, you will learn how to develop active instructional strategies that facilitate student acquisition and development of reading skills in a variety of disciplines. Emphasis is on vocabulary development and comprehension strategies that work.

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Topical Outline / Click here to request a copy of the syllabus

Unit One

  • The Process of Reading
  • Word Attack
  • Test #1
  • Assignment #1: Write an autobiography
  • Assignment #2: Article reflection

Unit Two

  • Vocabulary Development
  • Comprehension
  • Focus Strategy: DRTA
  • Test #2

Unit Three

  • Content Literacy: Strategies for Working with Text
  • Making Strategic Readers
  • Focus Strategy: Word Roots
  • Test #3
  • Assignment #3: Respond to a classmate

Unit Four

  • Building Lifelong Readers
  • Helping All Students Read to Learn
  • Focus Strategy: Graphic Organizers
  • Test #4

Unit Five

  • Read Alouds
  • Literature Circles
  • Test #5

Unit Six

  • Focus Strategy: Word Parts
  • Focus Strategy: Making Words
  • Assignment #4: Develop comprehension questions