reading (middle school)

Describes strategies for teaching literacy students grades 3-12, explaining how to create a literacy workshop, choose effective resources, keep records, help students set goals and assess progress, use various methods of group and independent reading and writing, and use techniques helpful for context-specific texts.

Presents a guide to using literature in the middle school classroom curriculum, including information on how to making reading fun and relevant for children, with a discussion of real life topics to engage students, and proposing an interdisciplinary approach to teaching.

Describes strategies teachers can use to help their students understand the reading in any curriculum area, and includes examples and stories from high school classrooms, and examples of student work.

Offers information and strategies for teachers on how to help students in grades six through twelve who have trouble with reading comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, word recognition, and motivation.

Contains high-interest nonfiction articles aimed at enhancing the reading skills of students in sixth and seventh grade and providing information on various topics across the curriculum.

Presents a practical guide and tutorial CD that helps educators determine the reading level of students who have comprehension issues, and examines ways in which teachers can help improve their students' overall achievement and motivation.

Presents seven strategies that develop comprehension skills for the kindergarten through eighth-grade classroom and includes instructional activities, reproducible forms, posters, and props for both students and teachers.