Reading in the Content Areas: Social Studies

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Help content area teachers improve students’ reading

Focus on one content area at a time

Coordinate your reading program with content classrooms

Focus on nonfiction reading in the content areas

• Math – consumer and computer topics, puzzles, mathematical facts
• Science – biology, earth science, physics
• Social studies – history, geography, anthropology

Focus on essential skills for understanding content area selections

• Main idea
• Subject matter
• Supporting details
• Conclusion
• Clarifying devices
• Vocabulary in context

Focus on diagnosis

• Diagnostic charts help students pinpoint areas to strengthen
• Progress graphs help students visualize their improvement