Content Area Reading Strategies
What strategies can support our students reading of text?
Target Audience
Content Area Teachers: History, Social Studies, and Science teachers
Brief Description
In this seven-hour training you will become familiar with the shared literacy standards in the content areas. You will also become confident in implementing before, during, and after reading strategies to scaffold reading comprehension for your students to access content area text.
Training Objectives
Participants will be able to:
Review the shared literacy standards in the content areas.
Read and evaluate before, during, and after reading strategies.
Consider what reading strategies you may use during instructional planning and explain why.
Apply your knowledge of content area reading strategies and create an instructional plan.