Study Smart: Ready to Use Reading/Study Skills Activities for Grades 5-12 - Couverture souple

Abbamont, Gary W.; Brescher, Antoinette

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ISBN 10 : 0876288727 ISBN 13 : 9780876288726

Editeur : Centre for Applied Research in Education, 1990

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Now you can help your students develop the comprehension, organizational and test–taking skills they need to master any subject area, with the 150 reproducible reading and study skills activities provided in this resource. Readily adaptable for individual or group use, these classroom–tested activities are conveniently organized into 4 basic skills sections:

• Unit 1: Developing Reading Skills 64 activities that help build skills such as Recognizing Organization, Adjusting Reading Rate, Reading Graphic Aids, and Increasing Vocabulary.
• Unit 2: Developing Study Skills 23 ready–to–use activities that help your students gain valuable practice in Following Oral and Written Directions, Outlining and Highlighting, Recalling Facts, and Developing and Using Homework and Study Schedules.
• Unit 3: Locating Information Skills 47 reproducible activities that teach your students how to use the Parts of a Textbook, the Card Catalog, Almanacs, Atlases, Encyclopedias, and other Library Reference Tools.
• Unit 4: Presenting Information Through Graphic Aids 16 activities that help students learn alternative methods of communicating, information other than the written word. These activities include Timelines; 3–D Maps; Scale Models; as well as Line, Circle, and Bar Graphs.

And to help make your job easier, each unit comes complete with activity answer keys...detailed activity introductions and objectives lists...helpful diagrams and illustrations...as well as easy–to–follow, step–by–step directions for both student and teacher. You can use these activities in the same sequence in which they are presented or fit them into your curriculum in any order you desire. With Study Smart! is easy to provide your students with the reading and study skills they need to succeed in the middle grades, high school and beyond!

Biographie de l'auteur

Gary W. Abbamont received his B.A. degree from Rutgers University in New Jersey and his M.A. degree in the administration of education programs from Columbia University′s Teacher′s College in New York. Since 1973, he has been a teacher of both social studies and language arts at Crossroads Middle School in South Brunswick Township, NJ. He has also been chairperson of the language arts department since 1984. In 1987, Mr. Abbamont was awarded "Outstanding Educator" in New Jersey′s Teacher Recognition Program.

Antoinette Brescher holds a B.A. degree in elementary education and an M.A. degree in reading from Kean College in New Jersey. She currently teaches science in grades 3–6 at the Gill/St. Bernards School in Bernardsville, New Jersey. Ms. Brescher was the reading consultant and contributing writer for the Silver Burdett & Ginn Elementary Science series.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Centre for Applied Research in Education
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0876288727
• ISBN 13: 9780876288726
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible